The Silent Lover (I)

Sir Walter RaleighSir Walter Raleigh

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Passions are liken’d best to floods and streams:
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb;
So, when affection yields discourse, it seems
  The bottom is but shallow whence they come.
They that are rich in words, in words discover
That they are poor in that which makes a lover.
Sir Walter Raleigh
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Sir Walter Raleigh

1552 - 1618/EnglishSir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was a famed English writer, poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer. Raleigh is generally considered one of the foremost poets of the Elizabethan era. His poetry is generally written in the relatively straightforw…

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