“ For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. ”
William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Sonnets (1609). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
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| Source | Shakespeare's Sonnets |
| Topic | praise eyes |
| Date | 1609 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1041/1041-h/1041-h.htm |
Context
“Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring; And for they looked but with divining eyes, They had not skill enough your worth to sing: For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. CVII Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, Can yet the lease of my true love control, Supposed as forfeit to a confin'd doom. The mortal moon hath her eclipse endur'd,”
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