Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey wrote a
beautiful paraphrase of Ecclesiastes 1--5 in 1546. Several versions are available in full text on Google Books, including Frederick Morgan Padelford's 1920 edition, The Poems of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (University of Washington Press), http://books.google.com/books?id=zLeEAAAAIAAJ. See pages 83-90.Eric S. Christianson includes many quotes from Howard in his 2007 book, Ecclesiastes through the Centuries.
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