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Sonnet 101 [Tongan translation]
Sonnet 101 [Tongan translation]
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Sonnet 101 [Tongan translation]

O truant Muse what shall be thy amends

For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed?

Both truth and beauty on my love depends;

So dost thou too, and therein dignified.

Make answer Muse: wilt thou not haply say,

'Truth needs no colour, with his colour fixed;

Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay;

But best is best, if never intermixed'?

Because he needs no praise, wilt thou be dumb?

Excuse not silence so, for't lies in thee

To make him much outlive a gilded tomb

And to be praised of ages yet to be.

Then do thy office, Muse; I teach thee how

To make him seem, long hence, as he shows now.

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William Shakespeare
  • country:United Kingdom
  • Languages:English
  • Genre:Poetry
  • Official site:http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
  • Wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
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