Poetry & Verse
Sonnet 72: O! lest the world should task you to recite
By William ShakespeareSource: William Shakespeare - PoetryDB (Public Domain)109 words
O! lest the world should task you to recite What merit lived in me, that you should love After my death,--dear love, forget me quite,...
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O! lest the world should task you to recite What merit lived in me, that you should love After my death,--dear love, forget me quite, For you in me can nothing worthy prove; Unless you would devise some virtuous lie, To do more for me than mine own desert, And hang more praise upon deceased I Than niggard truth would willingly impart: O!…
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