When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes...
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Topic

Love

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 29 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Statement Type

Profession of love

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 29, I. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 29.

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My beloved is mine, and I am his.

Song of Solomon 2:16

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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 2:16).

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Chiefly, the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Francis Bacon

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Topic
Personal responsibility Locus of control

Author

Francis Bacon
Source
Of Fortune Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1625 1620s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Bacon, Francis "Of Fortune." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Fortune." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote of the following type Profession of love

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the end of Being and ideal Grace.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Topic
Being in love Love

Author

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Source
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Medium
Sonnet Poem
Statement Type
Profession of love Question
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Sonnets from the Portuguese. London: Chapman and Hall, 1850, sonnet 43.

Current Citation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. "Sonnets from the Portuguese." Aurora Leigh and Other Poems, edited by John Robert Glorney Bolton and Julia Bolton Holloway. Penguin Classics, 1996, sonnet 43.