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Edward Fairfax Quotes

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Edward Fairfax (1580? – 27 January 1635) was an English translator.

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Better sit still, men say, than rise to fall.

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The rose within herself her sweetness closed.

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Aurora bright her crystal gates unbarred,
And bridegroom-like forth stept the glorious sun.

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The golden sun rose from the silver wave,
And with his beams enamelled every green.

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