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John Cleveland was an English poet who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was best known for political satire. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. June 1613 – 29. April 1658
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Famous John Cleveland Quotes

“The marigold, whose courtier's face
Echoes the sun, and doth unlace
Her at his rise, at his full stop
Packs and shuts up her gaudy shop.”

John Cleveland

On Phillis, Walking before Sunrise.

“Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom;
Not made him wander, but continued him home.”

John Cleveland

The Rebel Scot (1647).

“Like an ambassador that beds a queen
With the nice caution of a sword between.”

John Cleveland

The Antiplatonic (1653).

“He that to ancient wreaths can bring no more
From his own worth, dies bankrupt on the score.”

John Cleveland

The Times.

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