”Like as the waves”


Time does give and take —
he crowns infants; bends strongmen —
Oh, may my verse stay 1

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Image: Copper engraving of William Shakespear by Martin Droeshout 1623 with a facsimile of William Shakespeare’s signature.

  1. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,— Sonnet LX – William Shakespeare ↩