"A Complaint by Night of the Lover Not Beloved", line 11.
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But by and by, the cause of my disease
Gives me a pang, that inwardly doth sting,
When that I think what grief it is again
To live and lack the thing should rid my pain.
— Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "But by and by, the cause of my disease
Gives me a pang, that inwardly doth sting,
When that I think what grief it is again
To live and lack the thing should rid my pain." in the context of ""A Complaint by Night of the Lover Not Beloved", line 11." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey" (Quotes: Quotations are cited from The Poems of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (London: Bell and Daldy, 1866). http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F-4TAAAAIAAJ&dq=inauthor:henry+inauthor:howard+inauthor:surrey)
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About Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey KG (1516 / 1517 – January 19 1547) was an English courtier, soldier and poet. He invented blank verse, and along with Thomas Wyatt he introduced the sonnet to English poetry.
About Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey KG (1516 / 1517 – January 19 1547) was an English courtier, soldier and poet. He invented blank verse, and along with Thomas Wyatt he introduced the sonnet to English poetry.
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