The SonnetsNew American Library, 1988 - 246 pages "I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: |
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Page 119
... doth give another place . I grant , sweet love , thy lovely argument Deserves the travail of a worthier pen , Yet what of thee thy poet doth invent He robs thee of , and pays it thee again . He lends thee virtue , and he stole that word ...
... doth give another place . I grant , sweet love , thy lovely argument Deserves the travail of a worthier pen , Yet what of thee thy poet doth invent He robs thee of , and pays it thee again . He lends thee virtue , and he stole that word ...
Page 120
... doth bear , My saucy bark , inferior far to his , On your broad main doth willfully appear . Your shallowest help will hold me up afloat Whilst he upon your soundless deep doth ride ; Or , being wracked , I am a worthless boat , He of ...
... doth bear , My saucy bark , inferior far to his , On your broad main doth willfully appear . Your shallowest help will hold me up afloat Whilst he upon your soundless deep doth ride ; Or , being wracked , I am a worthless boat , He of ...
Page 153
... Doth part his function and is partly blind , Seems seeing , but effectually is out ; For it no form delivers to the heart Of bird , of flow'r , or shape , which it doth latch . Of his quick objects hath the mind no part , Nor his own ...
... Doth part his function and is partly blind , Seems seeing , but effectually is out ; For it no form delivers to the heart Of bird , of flow'r , or shape , which it doth latch . Of his quick objects hath the mind no part , Nor his own ...
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appearance argument bear beauty beauty's become believe better cold dear death desire dost doth edition effect Elizabethan example experience express eyes face fact fair false fear feeling figure fingers flower gentle give grace hand happy hast hath heart Henry hold imagery jacks keep kind kiss leaves less lines lips live look love's lover meaning metaphors mind nature never night once perhaps person play poem poet possible praise present prince prove published reason reference rich seems sense sexual Shake Shakespeare sight sonnets speak spirit stand suggest summer's sweet tell thee thine things thou art thought thyself Time's true truth turn University Press verse virtue wish worth write written youth