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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... sight ; For who's so dumb that cannot write to thee When thou thyself dost give invention light ? Be thou the tenth Muse , ten times more in worth Than those old nine which rhymers invocate ; And he that calls on thee , let him bring ...
... sight ; For who's so dumb that cannot write to thee When thou thyself dost give invention light ? Be thou the tenth Muse , ten times more in worth Than those old nine which rhymers invocate ; And he that calls on thee , let him bring ...
Page 86
... sight ; Mine eye my heart thy picture's sight would bar , My heart mine eye the freedom of that right . My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie A closet never pierced with crystal eyes ; But the defendant doth that plea deny , And ...
... sight ; Mine eye my heart thy picture's sight would bar , My heart mine eye the freedom of that right . My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie A closet never pierced with crystal eyes ; But the defendant doth that plea deny , And ...
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... sight accuse my true sight of lying 5 becoming of things ill i.e. , power to make evil look attractive 7 warrantize of skill guarantee of mental power 13 raised ( sexual innuendo ? ) 151 Love is too young to know what conscience is 190 ...
... sight accuse my true sight of lying 5 becoming of things ill i.e. , power to make evil look attractive 7 warrantize of skill guarantee of mental power 13 raised ( sexual innuendo ? ) 151 Love is too young to know what conscience is 190 ...
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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