So am I as the rich, whose blessed key Can bring him to his sweet up-locked treasure, The which he will not every hour survey, For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure. Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare, Since seldom coming, in the long... The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - Page 66by William Shakespeare - 1826 - 830 pagesFull view - About this book
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...most fully and, from the patron's perspective, suffocatingly elaborated in Sonnet 52, which begins, "So am I as the rich whose blessed key / Can bring.../ For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure." The speaker then likens his audience with the Young Man to "rare" feasts which, though often wished... | |
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...rich whose blessed \ey, Can bring him to his sweet up-loc\ed treasure, The which he will not ev'ry hour survey, For blunting the fine point of seldom...pleasure. Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare, 5 Since seldom coming in the long year set, Li\e stones o/ worth they thinly placed are, Or captain... | |
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