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Walter Raleigh was an English writer, explorer, soldier, and politician. He is renowned for his poetry, such as 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd', and his involvement in the establishment of the Roanoke Colony in North America. Raleigh served as a courtier to Elizabeth I and later became a favorite of King James I.

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Famous Walter Raleigh Quotes

“What is our life? A play of passion. Our mirth the music of division. Our mother's wombs the tyring houses be, Where we are drest for this short Comedy.”

Life Play Mother Passion House Comedy Our Lives Division Womb Mirth

Book:Sir Walter Raleigh: Selected Prose and Poetry

Source: Sir Walter Raleigh: Selected Prose and Poetry

“Our bodies are but the anvils of pain and disease and our minds the hives of unnumbered cares.”

Life Mind Body Care Pain Disease Hives Anvils

Book:The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt., Now First Collected: -7. The history of the world

Source: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt., Now First Collected: -7. The history of the world

“Divine is Love and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing but with self.”

Life Self Divine Worldly

Book:Miscellaneous works

Source: Miscellaneous works

“If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.”

Ifs World Life Might Moving Young Pleasure And Love Tongue Thee Love Life Shepherds World And Love

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