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NUMBER:16144
QUOTATION:Were I a king, I could command content;
Were I obscure, hidden should be my cares;
ATTRIBUTION:Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604), British poet. Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. A Choice (l. 1–2).

OxBSP. Oxford Book of Short Poems, The. P. J. Kavanagh and James Michie, eds. Oxford University Press.
 
 
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