And who (in time) knows whither we may vent The treasure of… - Samuel Daniel

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And who (in time) knows whither we may vent
The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores
This gain of our best glory shall be sent
T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores?
What worlds in the yet unformed Occident
May come refin'd with th' accents that are ours?

Samuel Daniel

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Samuel Daniel (1562 – October 14, 1619) was an English poet and historian.

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Alternative Names: Samuel Daniell • Samuel Danyell • Samuel Danyel • Sa. D. • S. D.

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For ever by Adversity are wrought
The greatest Works of Admiration;
And all the Fair Examples of Renown,
Out of Distress and Misery are grown.

Men do not weigh the stalk for what it was,
When once they find her flow’r, her glory, pass.

The stars that have most glory have no rest.

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