"What one art thou, thus in torn weed yclad? "Virtue, in price whom ancient sages had." Why poorly 'rayed? "For fading goods past care." Why double-faced? "I mark each fortune's fare." This bridle, what? "Mind's rages to restrain." Tools why bear you? "I love to take great pain." Why wings? "I teach above the stars to fly." Why tread you death? "I only cannot die.""
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"Description of Virtue". Tottel's Miscellany (1557)
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Nicholas Grimald
1519 – 1562
(or Grimoald; 1519–1562) was an English poet and dramatist.
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