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Vexed sailors curse the rain For which poor shepherds prayed in vain.Edmund Waller
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Vexed sailors curse the rain for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.Edmund Waller
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Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.Edmund Waller
4 Quotes & Sayings By Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller (1555 – 1635) was an English poet, courtier, dramatist and essayist. He was the younger brother of Sir Allen Apsley. Waller is best known for his philosophical poems, notably The Rule o f Thumb, which was published in 1651. This work influenced the works of Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray, William Wordsworth and John Keats
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