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The Sonnets LXXVII - Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear

By William Shakespeare

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Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear,     Thy dial how thy precious minutes waste;     These vacant leaves thy minds imprint will bear,     And of this book, this learning mayst thou taste.     The wrinkles which thy glass will truly show     Of mouthed graves will give thee memory;     Thou by thy dials shady stealth mayst know     Times thievish progress to eternity.     Look! what thy memory cannot contain,     Commit to these waste blanks, and thou shalt find     Those children nursed, deliverd from thy brain,     To take a new acquaintance of thy mind.     These offices, so oft as thou wilt look,     Shall profit thee and much enrich thy book.

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About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English playwright and poet widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote 154 sonnets and narrative poems including "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece," alongside 37 plays that remain central to world literature.

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