Monday, January 20, 2003

Not Marble Nor The Guilded Monuments (Sonnet 55) Comments

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Not marble nor the gilded monuments
Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time.
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William Shakespeare
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mumtaz jahan ansari 06 October 2016

I love it

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Fabrizio Frosini 21 November 2015

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments: This line is likely an allusion to the lavish tombs of English royalty; in particular, to the tomb of Henry VII in Westminster Abbey, which contains a large sarcophagus made of black marble with gilded effigies of King Henry and his queen, Elizabeth of York.

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Saurav Gangadharan 05 August 2015

the most touched poem

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Brian Jani 26 April 2014

Awesome I like this poem, check mine out

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M Asim Nehal 01 July 2019

u r awesome...

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Egal Bohen 11 January 2008

World that we wear By time from spirit torn Outlived through simple love T''would seem Immortal By emotion borne

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