Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest… - William Drummond of Hawthornden

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Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest and tenderest matter, they outlast brass, iron and marble.

William Drummond of Hawthornden

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William Drummond of Hawthornden (13 December 1585 – 4 December 1649) was a Scottish poet.

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For what doth serve all that this world contains, Sith she for whom those once to me were dear, No part of them can have now with me here?

God never had a church but there, men say,
The Devil a chapel hath raised by some wyles.
I doubted of this saw, till on a day
I westward spied great Edinburgh’s Saint Gyles.

Phœbus, arise!
And paint the sable skies
With azure, white, and red.

Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest and tenderest matter, they outlast brass, iron and marble. - William Drummond of Hawthornden

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