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“Custom that is before all Law, Nature that is above all Art.”

Defending the natural fitness of English rhyme against classical imitation · Essay, A Defence of Rhyme (1603)

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Samuel Daniel

c. 1562–14 October 1619

In the grand tapestry of English Renaissance literature, certain figures shine with the brilliant intensity of supernovae, their light reaching across centuries with undiminished power. Others burn with a steadier, more contemplative flame, their contributions no less significant but perhaps more subtle in their…

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