Poetry & Verse
Sonnet 70: That thou art blam'd shall not be thy defect
By William ShakespeareSource: William Shakespeare - PoetryDB (Public Domain)101 words
That thou art blam'd shall not be thy defect, For slander's mark was ever yet the fair; The ornament of beauty is suspect, A crow...
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That thou art blam'd shall not be thy defect, For slander's mark was ever yet the fair; The ornament of beauty is suspect, A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air. So thou be good, slander doth but approve Thy worth the greater being woo'd of time; For canker vice the sweetest buds doth love, And thou present'st a pure unstained prime.…
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