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- # II. 918—938
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This section, titled "II. 918—938," is a segment of a larger work, likely a poem or play, extracted from a file named `pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt`. It falls within the chapter titled "[THE RAPE OF LYGRECE.](arke:01KG6S4F3XW2RKF6WDXEATZYAA)" and is part of the collection "[PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y)". The section contains lines of verse, beginning with "Times glorie is to calme contending Kings," and ending with "And smeare with dust their glitring golden towns."
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## Contents
The content of this section consists of poetic verses that explore themes related to time, its effects on human endeavors, and its power over monuments and history. The verses describe time's ability to calm kings, reveal falsehoods, preserve aged things, and alter the contents of books. It also touches upon time's role in the cycle of life and its capacity to erode even the most substantial structures. The text includes references to "glitring golden towns" and "stately monuments," highlighting the grand scale of time's influence.
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# THE RAPE OF LYCRECE.
Times glorie is to calme contending Kings,
To vnmaske fallhood, and bring truth to light,
To stampe the seale of time in aged things,
To wake the morne, and Centinell the night,
To wrong the wronger till he render right,
To ruinate proud buildings with thy howres,
And smeare with dust their glitring golden towns.
To fill with worme-holes stately monuments,
To see de obliuion with decay of things,
To blot old bookes, and alter their contents,
To plucke the quils from auncient rauens wings,
To drie the old oakes sappe, and cherish springs:
To spoile Antiquities of hammered steele,
And turne the giddy round of Fortunes wheele.
To shew the beldame daughters of her daughter,
To make the child a man, the man a childe,
To slay the tygre that doth liue by slaughter,
To tame the Vnicorne, and Lion wild,
To mocke the subtle in themselves beguild,
To cheare the Plowman with increasefull crops,
And wast huge stones with little water drops.
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