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... youth did laugh to scorn , Of me that clean shall be forgot As I had not been born . Thus must I youth give up , Whose badge I long did wear ; To them I yield the wanton cup That better may it bear . Lo , here the barèd skull , By whose ...
... youth did laugh to scorn , Of me that clean shall be forgot As I had not been born . Thus must I youth give up , Whose badge I long did wear ; To them I yield the wanton cup That better may it bear . Lo , here the barèd skull , By whose ...
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... youth ' gainst time and age hath ever spurned , But spurned in vain ; youth waneth by increasing : Beauty , strength , youth , are flowers but fading seen ; Duty , faith , love , are roots , and ever green . His helmet now shall make a ...
... youth ' gainst time and age hath ever spurned , But spurned in vain ; youth waneth by increasing : Beauty , strength , youth , are flowers but fading seen ; Duty , faith , love , are roots , and ever green . His helmet now shall make a ...
Page 125
... youth before my sight , Where wasteful Time debateth with Decay , To change your day of youth to sullied night ; And , all in war with Time for love of you , As he takes from you , I engraft you new . Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a ...
... youth before my sight , Where wasteful Time debateth with Decay , To change your day of youth to sullied night ; And , all in war with Time for love of you , As he takes from you , I engraft you new . Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a ...
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