The Canons of Criticism and Glossary Being A Supplement to Mr. Warburton's Edition of Shakespear ... The Sixth Edition, with Additions [with] The Trial of the Letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets [by Thomas Edwards] |
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SONNET XX.
To the Right Honorable the Lord
Willoughby
of Parham.
Parham, if worth concel'd in reason's doom
From want of worth be only once remov'd;
Nor can those virtues be esteem'd and lov'd,
Which listless sleep as in the silent tomb;
From want of worth be only once remov'd;
Nor can those virtues be esteem'd and lov'd,
Which listless sleep as in the silent tomb;
No longer let thy youthful years consume
In shy retirement; Thee long since behov'd,
In public life, with courage unreprov'd,
To shew those worths, which bloom so fair at home:
In shy retirement; Thee long since behov'd,
In public life, with courage unreprov'd,
To shew those worths, which bloom so fair at home:
When Virtue, wanting to herself, will shroud
Behind the veil of shameface'd bashfulness
Those charms, which Action should produce to view;
No wonder if the forward, bold, and loud,
In this world's bustling scene, before her press,
Usurp her name, and rob her of her due.
Behind the veil of shameface'd bashfulness
Those charms, which Action should produce to view;
No wonder if the forward, bold, and loud,
In this world's bustling scene, before her press,
Usurp her name, and rob her of her due.
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