| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 16144 |
| QUOTATION: | Were I a king, I could command content; Were I obscure, hidden should be my cares; |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (15501604), British poet. Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. A Choice (l. 12).
OxBSP. Oxford Book of Short Poems, The. P. J. Kavanagh and James Michie, eds. Oxford University Press. |
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