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05-15-2009, 02:10 AM
Sonnet #19
XIX.br /br /Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,br /And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;br /Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,br /And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood;br /Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,br /And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,br /To the wide world and all her fading sweets;br /But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:br /O, carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,br /Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;br /Him in thy course untainted do allowbr /For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.br /Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,br /My love shall in my verse ever live young.
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XIX.br /br /Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,br /And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;br /Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,br /And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood;br /Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,br /And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,br /To the wide world and all her fading sweets;br /But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:br /O, carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,br /Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;br /Him in thy course untainted do allowbr /For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.br /Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,br /My love shall in my verse ever live young.
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