"O that I were a veil upon that face, To hide it from the world; methinks I could Envy the very Sun, for gazing on you!"
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:Compare: Romeo and Juliet, act 2, sc. 2, l. 23
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Shackerley Marmion
1603 – 1639
Shackerley Marmion (January 1603 – 1639) was an early 17th-century dramatist, often classed among the Sons of Ben, the followers of Ben Jonson who continued his style of comedy. He was also a friend and perhaps a protégé of Thomas Heywood.
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