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" What is thy body but a swallowing grave,
Seeming to bury that posterity
Which, by the rights of time, thou needs must have
If thou destroy them not in dark obscurity?
If so, the world will hold thee in disdain,
Sith in thy pride so fair a hope is slain. "

William Shakespeare , Venus and Adonis


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William Shakespeare quote : What is thy body but a swallowing grave,<br />Seeming to bury that posterity<br />Which, by the rights of time, thou needs must have<br />If thou destroy them not in dark obscurity?<br />If so, the world will hold thee in disdain,<br />Sith in thy pride so fair a hope is slain.