Sonnet

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Things bygone are the only things that last:
The Present is mere grass, quick-mown away;
The Past is stone, and stands for ever fast.

Eugene Lee-Hamilton

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Topic

Past and present The past The present Impermanence

Author

Eugene Lee-Hamilton

Source

Sonnets of the Wingless Hours

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Lee-Hamilton, Eugene. "Roman Baths." Sonnets of the Wingless Hours. Chicago and Cambridge: Stone & Kimball, 1894.

His heart was in his garden; but his brain
Wandered at will among the fiery stars.

Frederick Goddard Tuckerman

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Topic

Daydreaming Imagination

Author

Frederick Goddard Tuckerman

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Tuckerman, Frederick Goddard. "Sonnets: Part II." Poems. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864.

With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies!
How silently, and with how wan a face!

Philip Sidney

Astrophel and Stella

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Topic

The moon

Author

Philip Sidney

Source

Astrophel and Stella

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

English

Time

1591 1590s 16th century

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Original Citation

Sidney, Philip. Astrophel and Stella. London: Thomas Newman, 1591, sonnet 31.

Current Citation

Sidney, Philip. "Astrophil and Stella." Sir Philip Sidney: The Major Works, edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones. Oxford University Press, 2009, sonnet 31.

And ruined love, when it is built anew,
Grows fairer than at first, more strong, far greater.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Topic

Relationship challenges Relationships Reconciliation Love

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 119 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 119, I. 11.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 119.