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Robert Herrick (1591-1674)119224The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
Discontents in Devon
1898Alfred Pollard

51. DISCONTENTS IN DEVON.

More discontents I never had
Since I was born than here,
Where I have been, and still am sad,
In this dull Devonshire;
Yet, justly too, I must confess
I ne'er invented such
Ennobled numbers for the press,
Than where I loathed so much.