"Complaint of a Lover Rebuked", line 1
“
Love, that liveth and reigneth in my thought,
That built his seat within my captive breast;
Clad in the arms wherein with me he fought,
Oft in my face he doth his banner rest.
— Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Love, that liveth and reigneth in my thought,
That built his seat within my captive breast;
Clad in the arms wherein with me he fought,
Oft in my face he doth his banner rest." in the context of ""Complaint of a Lover Rebuked", line 1" 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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