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A SWEET NOSEGAY: 81 by ISABELLA WHITNEY

First Line: OF WORLDLY THINGS, THE CHIEFEST IS SELD
Last Line: NOR GAPETH GIFTS TO FYNDE.

Of worldly things, the chiefest is seld,
a well-contented mind:
That doth despise for to aspyre,
nor gapeth gifts to fynde.



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