Shakespeare
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Date: December 17, 2007 07:12AM
I love Shakespeare. I thought it might be fun if we could all contribute our favorite passages. Then, we could analyze, interpret, etc. Allow our minds to explore and seek enrichment as we study the words of this great man. This will be great fun... so, don't be shy. There are no wrong answers. That is the beauty of this exercise. OK??
I'll go first.
As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow'st,
In one of thine, from that which thou departest;
And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st,
Thou mayst call thine when thou from youth convertest,
Herein lives wisdom, beauty, and increase;
Without this folly, age, and cold decay:
If all were minded so, the times should cease
And threescore year would make the world away.
Let those whom nature hath not made for store,
Harsh, featureless, and rude, barrenly perish:
Look, whom she best endow'd, she gave thee more;
Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish:
She carv'd thee for her seal, and meant thereby,
Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die.
--William Shakespeare