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Sonnet 4: Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Sonnet 4: Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend

By William ShakespeareSource: William Shakespeare - PoetryDB (Public Domain)95 words

Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend

Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?

Nature's bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,

And being frank she lends to those are free:

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