Methought I saw the grave where Laura lay.

Methought I saw the grave where Laura lay.

Walter Raleigh Connected to the Carolinas

Source

Verses to Edmund Spenser, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919); Comparable to: "Methought I saw my late espoused saint", John Milton, Sonnet xxiii, and "Methought I saw the footsteps of a throne", William Wordsworth, Sonnet.

year: 1919

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“Methought I saw the grave where Laura lay.” Walter Raleigh. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-70455A4848. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/70455a4848

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