Winter, which being full of care
Makes summer's welcome, thrice more wished, more rare.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Topic

Winter Seasons

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 56 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

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 56, I. 13.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 56.

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Topic
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Actor
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Source
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Medium
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Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do
What then thou would'st.

John Milton

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Words vs. actions
Speaker
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Author

John Milton
Genre
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Language
English
Time
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Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 1104.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 1104.