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”O, lest the world”

Recite no lies when
the world wishes you recite
my life — O, mute be. 1


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Image: Copper engraving of William Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout 1623.

  1. O, lest the world should task you to recite — Sonnet LXXII – William Shakespeare ↩
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