Both poles we burnt, whereon the world doeth turne, The row… - Giles Fletcher

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Both poles we burnt, whereon the world doeth turne,
The rownd of heaven, from earth unto the skies:
And nowe the seas we both intend to burne:
I with my bowe, and Licia with her eyes.

Giles Fletcher

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Giles Fletcher the Elder (c. 1548 – 1611) was an English poet and diplomat, and a member of the English Parliament. His sons Phineas and Giles the Younger were also poets.

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Alternative Names: Giles Fletcher the elder

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If these by hope doe joye in their distresse,
And constant are, in hope to conquer tyme,
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So both of us in time shall have a frend.

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