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LINES ADDRESSED TO THOMAS WATSON, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If graver heads shall count it overlight
Last Line: Shall yield thee gracious favour and defence.
Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Watson, Thomas (1557-1592)


IF graver heads shall count it overlight
To treat of love, say thou to them, a stain
Is incident unto the finest dye:
And yet no stain at all it is for thee,
These lays of love, as mirth to melancholy,
To follow fast thy sad Antigone;
Which may bear out a broader work than this,
Compil'd with judgment, order, and with art;
And shroud thee under shadow of his wings,
Whose gentle heart, and head with learning fraight,
Shall yield thee gracious favour and defence.





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