Excerpt from The Life and Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Robert Greene; M. A, Vol. 2 of 12: Prose; Mamillia, Parts I. And II., And, Anatomie of Flatterie, 1583 1593
I love the old melodious lays Which softly melt the ages through, The songs of Spensel's golden days, Arcadian Sidney's Silvery phrase, Sprinkling our noon of time with freshest morning dew.
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