Walter Raleigh Quotes
No mortal thing can bear so high a price, But that with mortal thing it may be bought.
Citations
Raleigh, Walter. The Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh. Edited by Agnes M. C. Latham, Constable, 1929.
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Sir Walter Raleigh, also spelled Ralegh, was an English statesman, soldier, spy, writer, poet, explorer, and landed gentleman. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation of North America, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England during the Spanish Armada and held political positions under Elizabeth I.