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The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/His Desire

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1036. HIS DESIRE.

Give me a man that is not dullWhen all the world with rifts is full;But unamaz'd dares clearly sing,Whenas the roof's a-tottering:And, though it falls, continues stillTickling the cittern[1] with his quill.
  1. Cittern, a kind of lute; quill, the plectrum for striking it.