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Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
William Shakespeare. 1564–1616
149. Sonnets v
| WHAT is your substance, whereof are you made, | |
| That millions of strange shadows on you tend? | |
| Since every one hath, every one, one shade, | |
| And you, but one, can every shadow lend. | |
| Describe Adonis, and the counterfeit | 5 |
| Is poorly imitated after you; | |
| On Helen’s cheek all art of beauty set, | |
| And you in Grecian tires are painted new: | |
| Speak of the spring and foison of the year, | |
| The one doth shadow of your beauty show, | 10 |
| The other as your bounty doth appear; | |
| And you in every blessèd shape we know. | |
| In all external grace you have some part, | |
| But you like none, none you, for constant heart. | |
