The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof.
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My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
Where this quote comes from
These are the opening lines of "On Monsieur's Departure", a poem by Elizabeth I. Monsieur was the title of the French king's brother, the Duke of Anjou, whose long courtship of the queen ended in 1582. Her care, meaning her sorrow, follows her like a shadow and flees when she chases it, and the poem ends asking love to let her live content or die and forget.
Source: "On Monsieur's Departure" (c. 1582)
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