Sir Thomas Browne

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    “They warsled up, they warsled down,
    Till Sir John fell to the ground,
    And there was a knife in Sir Willie’s pouch,
    Gied him a deadlie wound.”
    —Unknown. The Twa Brothers (l. 5–8)

    “Shall gods be said to thump the clouds
    When clouds are cursed by thunder,
    Be said to weep when weather howls?”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.”
    —Thomas Browne (1605–1682)