from "Care and Disappointment", first published in Paradyse of Dainty Devices (1576). Published by Grosart in Miscellanies of the Fuller Worthies' Library, Vol. IV (1872)
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So I the pleasant grape have pulled from the vine,
And yet I languish in great thirst, while others drink the wine.
— Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "So I the pleasant grape have pulled from the vine,
And yet I languish in great thirst, while others drink the wine." in the context of "from "Care and Disappointment", first published in Paradyse of Dainty Devices (1576). Published by Grosart in Miscellanies of the Fuller Worthies' Library, Vol. IV (1872)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford (12 April 1550 – 24 June 1604) was an Elizabethan courtier, poet and patron of numerous writers.
About Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford (12 April 1550 – 24 June 1604) was an Elizabethan courtier, poet and patron of numerous writers.
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