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Sonnet 53: What is your substance, whereof are you made - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Sonnet 53: What is your substance, whereof are you made

By William ShakespeareSource: William Shakespeare - PoetryDB (Public Domain)Short98 words

What is your substance, whereof are you made,

That millions of strange shadows on you tend?

Since every one, hath every one, one shade,

And you but one, can every shadow lend.

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