Sonnet 16

But wherefore do not you a mightier way
Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time?
And fortify yourself in your decay
With means more blessed than my barren rhyme?
Now stand you on the top of happy hours,
And many maiden gardens, yet unset,

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English playwright, poet, and actor. Widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.

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