Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,


Shakespeare's Sonnet 66

Imprisoned Spring
Tired with all these,

How Lisa Loved the King
for restful death I cry,

The Blind Girl
As to behold desert

Charity
a beggar born,

The White Devil
And needy nothing

A Peal of Bells
trimm'd in jollity,

Sir Galahad
And purest faith

The Wounded Cavalier
unhappily forsworn,

The Queen of Spades
And gilded honour

The Mirror
shamefully misplac'd,

Madeleine After Prayer
And maiden virtue

The Meeting of Dante with Beatrice
rudely strumpeted,

The Accolade
And right perfection

Dante in Exile
wrongfully disgrac'd,

God Speed
And strength

The Secret (sketch)
by limping sway

Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage
disabled

A Tale from the Decameron
And art made

Faded Laurels
tongue-tied by authority,

The Crisis
And folly, doctor-like,

A Sick Child brought into the Temple of Aesculapius
controlling skill,

Spellbound
And simple truth

Sister Maude
miscall'd

Boreas
simplicity,

The Eve of Peace
And captive good

The Poet and the King
attending captain ill:

Beatrice
Tir'd with all these,

The Boer War
from these would I be gone,

Witness my act and seal
Save that, to die,

His Only Friend
I leave my love alone.

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11/30/2004 5:39:25 PM gaelle ...yes..there are those moments when.........
11/30/2004 6:44:30 PM mischief glad you like the album
11/15/2005 5:28:17 PM gaelle ahhh mischief...seems this album will forever be needed to remind......~~~~
11/15/2005 6:57:13 PM mischief thank you. . . .
11/16/2005 11:37:14 AM L'Aurore omg..this is sad...beautiful album indeed..ahh:);)
11/16/2005 4:00:54 PM mischief glad you like it
4/23/2006 7:51:09 PM First Age of the Stars I love Shakespeare; I never get tired of reading his sonnets. Well done :)
4/23/2006 8:11:01 PM mischief thank you
7/9/2006 6:12:40 PM RadiantMoon keep a sight in mantelpiece of the Saloon;wrongtfulyy disgrac'd in apparences gaveth 'thanks for this mischief'..of commited resoluton into the peaceful thoughts that the closure inscribed in a page of the book , it'll confirm that short-story has no lost ignorance .,,
7/9/2006 7:20:54 PM Lysia So beautiful!
7/10/2006 5:55:39 PM mischief glad you like it
9/26/2006 1:54:13 PM abinsolitude .... .... :)...
9/26/2006 6:44:12 PM mischief 0:)
9/27/2006 4:30:31 PM Woman Fiona like wine beeing poured into the glass
9/27/2006 6:12:29 PM mischief :D
12/11/2009 5:16:12 PM Awake Another beautiful album ... too long hidden away. What a treasure ... so brilliantly illustrated, Shakespeare's Sonnet 66. Lovely! Thought provoking and inspiring ... Fun to escape into these art albums. : )
2/16/2011 12:20:42 AM julieb43_hgqnz Thank you for reminding me of Shakespeare's sonnets. He certainly captured melancholy despair in this particular sonnet.