Robert Burton: We are the doubles of those whose way Was festal with fruits and flowers; Body and brain we were sound as they, But the

We are the doubles of those whose way Was festal with fruits and flowers; Body a — Robert Burton

We are the doubles of those whose way Was festal with fruits and flowers; Body and brain we were sound as they, But the prizes were not ours.

Robert Burton

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