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Poem by John Heywood


A Praise of One


See how some above some other praises win –
I praise thee for one thing above all thy kin.
They, without teaching could never practice ought;
Thou canst play the knave, and never was taught.



John Heywood


John Heywood's other poems:
  1. Of Holding an Inn
  2. Of a Hand-gun and a Hand
  3. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
  4. What God Said to One. Otherwise. Thou art one of them to whom God bade Ho!
  5. A Reward to a Service Man


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