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Delmore Schwartz - Sonnet On Famous And Familiar Sonnets And Experiences
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(With much help from Robert Good, William Shakespeare, 
John Milton, and little Catherine Schwartz) 


Shall I compare her to a summer play?
She is too clever, too devious, too subtle, too dark:
Her lies are rare, but then she paves the way
Beyond the summer`s sway, within the jejune park
Where all souls` aspiration to true nobility
Obliges Statues in the Frieze of Death
And when this pantomime and Panama of Panorama Fails,
"I`ll never speak to you agayne" — or waste her panting breath.

When I but think of how her years are spent
Deadening that one talent which — for woman is —
Death or paralysis, denied: nature`s intent
That each girl be a mother — whether or not she is
Or has become a lawful wife or bride
— 0 Alma Magna Mater, deathless the living death of pride.
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