...past prime, And sable curls all silvered o'er with white; When lofty trees l see barren of leaves, 5 Which erst from heat did canopy the herd, And summer's...with white and bristly beard: Then of thy beauty do l question make, That thou among the wastes of time must go, 10 Since sweets and beauties do themselves...

...breeder of all good. Proteus— TGV III.i When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night, When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silvered o'er with white: When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy...

...forget how never-resting Time leads summer on To hideous winter, and confounds him there. (5) We watch 'summer's green all girded up in sheaves', borne on the bier 'with white and bristly beard' (12). The future promises 'winter' storms, and the 'barren rage of death's eternal cold' (13). Such...

...desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee. When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver 'd o'er with white; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves Which erst from heat did canopy...

...is my most precious possession Sonnet XII When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls, all silvered o'er with white; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy...

...said unintentionally — in the intensity of working out conceits — Is this to be borne? Hark ye! When lofty trees I see barren of leaves Which erst...sheaves, Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard. Keats's own language is itself full of fine things said unintentionally, if by this we mean without...

...que al hacer nuevas copias siempre viva. WHEN I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the...silver'd o'er with white; When lofty trees I see barren ofleaves Which erstfrom heat did canopy the herd, And summer's green all girded up in sheaves Borne...

...poet of the plague years 69 a note that was to be found in Shakespeare also: When lofty trees I sec barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy the herd, And summer's green all girded up with sheaves Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard . . . (Sonnet 12,5-8) and which sounds,...

...copy die. H'J з*^ А Sonnets Sonnet 12 When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls, all silvered o'er with white; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy...

...and Death.) 42 Shakespeare's Sonnets 43 12 When I do count the clock that tells the time And see the brave day sunk in hideous night, When I behold the violet past prime And sable curls '"alP silvered o'er with white; 4 When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did...