Sir Robert Ayton

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    “I’ve yet to meet a writer who could change water into wine, and we have a tendency to treat them like that.”
    —Michael Tolkin, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Altman. Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher)

    “The morning rose, that untouched stands
    Armed with her briars, how sweet she smells!
    But plucked and strained through ruder hands,
    Her sweets no longer with her dwells,
    But scent and beauty both are gone,
    And leaves fall from her, one by one.”
    —Sir Robert Ayton (1570–1638)