Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on t…

William Shakespeare
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Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings that fear their subjects treachery? ✨ 'Henry VI, Part 3' (1592) act 1, sc. 5, l. 42
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