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“His helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lovers' songs be turned to holy psalms; A man-at-arms must now serve on his knees, And feed on prayers, which are old age's alms.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Sonnet. Polyhymnia.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 608a56878d78da6e8ffdfe04418c6894087069141f41cc0cfe974a9f633a647e
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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