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Sonnet 108: What's in the brain, that ink may character - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Sonnet 108: What's in the brain, that ink may character

By William ShakespeareSource: William Shakespeare - PoetryDB (Public Domain)106 words

What's in the brain, that ink may character,

Which hath not figur'd to thee my true spirit?

What's new to speak, what now to register,

That may express my love, or thy dear merit?

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