The SonnetsNew American Library, 1964 - 240 pages Updated edition of Shakespeare?'s Sonnets, with a brand new introduction by Stephen Orgel. |
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Page xxvi
... verse , Shakespeare became a master of highly complicated effects of sound and rhythm , and the counterpointing of these with the sense , but in the sonnets he is intent upon making his verse as melodious , in the simplest and most ...
... verse , Shakespeare became a master of highly complicated effects of sound and rhythm , and the counterpointing of these with the sense , but in the sonnets he is intent upon making his verse as melodious , in the simplest and most ...
Page 94
... verse distills your truth . 2 truth fidelity 5 canker blooms dog roses ( which lack the per- fume of the damask rose ) ... verse distills your truth by means of verse your essence is distilled ( " by " is often emended to “ my ” ) 122 55 ...
... verse distills your truth . 2 truth fidelity 5 canker blooms dog roses ( which lack the per- fume of the damask rose ) ... verse distills your truth by means of verse your essence is distilled ( " by " is often emended to “ my ” ) 122 55 ...
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... verse , Bound for the prize of all too precious you , That did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearse , Making their tomb the womb wherein they grew ? Was it his spirit , by spirits taught to write Above a mortal pitch , that struck me ...
... verse , Bound for the prize of all too precious you , That did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearse , Making their tomb the womb wherein they grew ? Was it his spirit , by spirits taught to write Above a mortal pitch , that struck me ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 195 |
Copyright | |
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