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11-28-2008, 03:10 AM
Sonnet #101
CI.br /br /O truant Muse, what shall be thy amendsbr /For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed?br /Both truth and beauty on my love depends;br /So dost thou too, and therein dignified.br /Make answer, Muse: wilt thou not haply saybr /'Truth needs no colour, with his colour fix'd;br /Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay;br /But best is best, if never intermix'd?'br /Because he needs no praise, wilt thou be dumb?br /Excuse not silence so; for't lies in theebr /To make him much outlive a gilded tomb,br /And to be praised of ages yet to be.br /Then do thy office, Muse; I teach thee howbr /To make him seem long hence as he shows now.
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CI.br /br /O truant Muse, what shall be thy amendsbr /For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed?br /Both truth and beauty on my love depends;br /So dost thou too, and therein dignified.br /Make answer, Muse: wilt thou not haply saybr /'Truth needs no colour, with his colour fix'd;br /Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay;br /But best is best, if never intermix'd?'br /Because he needs no praise, wilt thou be dumb?br /Excuse not silence so; for't lies in theebr /To make him much outlive a gilded tomb,br /And to be praised of ages yet to be.br /Then do thy office, Muse; I teach thee howbr /To make him seem long hence as he shows now.
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