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		<title>Shakespeare, William -- Love&#8217;s Labour&#8217;s Lost, Act 5, sc. 2, l.  15ff (5.2.15-19) (c. 1595)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHERINE: He made her melancholy, sad, and heavy, And so she died. Had she been light like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit, She might ha’ been a grandam ere she died. And so may you, for a light heart lives long. To Rosaline.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">KATHERINE: He made her melancholy, sad, and heavy,<br />
And so she died. Had she been light like you,<br />
Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,<br />
She might ha’ been a grandam ere she died.<br />
And so may you, for a light heart lives long.</p>
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<br><b>William Shakespeare</b> (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet<br><i>Love&#8217;s Labour&#8217;s Lost</i>, Act 5, sc. 2, l.  15ff (5.2.15-19) (c. 1595) 
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To Rosaline.
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