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Sonnet 61: Is it thy will, thy image should keep open - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Sonnet 61: Is it thy will, thy image should keep open

By William ShakespeareSource: William Shakespeare - PoetryDB (Public Domain)112 words

Is it thy will, thy image should keep open

My heavy eyelids to the weary night?

Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken,

While shadows like to thee do mock my sight?

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