"When age hath made me what I am not now; And every wrinckle tels me where the plow Of time hath furrowed; when an Ice shalt flow Through every vein, and all my head wear snow: When death displayes his coldnesse in my cheeke, And I, my selfe in my owne Picture seeke, Not finding what I am, but what I was; In doubt which to beleive, this, or my glasse: Yet though I alter, this remaines the same As it was drawne, retaines the primitive frame, And first complexion; here will still be seen Blood on the cheeke, and Downe upon the chin. Here the smooth brow will stay, the lively eye, The ruddy Lip, and haire of youthfull dye. Behold what frailty we in man may see, Whose Shaddow is lesse given to change then hee."
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Thomas Randolph (poet)
Thomas Randolph (bapt. 15 June 1605 – March 1635) was an English poet and dramatist.
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