Quote of the day 31st May 2019

Today being the last day of May reminded me of "the darling buds of May" in William Shakespeare's eighteenth sonnet - one of the greatest love poems ever written.

From most writers the last lines would be an incredible conceit, but from Shakespeare it was a statement of fact. He knew that, insofar as any work of man can be immortal, this poem would be, and would confer that immortality on the memory of the person to whose beauty he dedicated it.


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