Sonnet 52 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 52

by William Shakespeare

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 year set,
Like stones of worth they thinly placed are,
Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
So is the time that keeps you as my chest,
Or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hide,
To make some special instant special blest,
By new unfolding his imprison'd pride.
Blessed are you, whose worthiness gives scope,
Being had, to triumph, being lack'd, to hope.

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Now We Are Six

Title: Now We Are Six

Author: A. A. Milne

Illustrator: Ernest H. Shepard

Rating: ★★★★★

Age Category: Children's Literature

    Dust Jacket Synopsis: 

    For all who are six or sixty-six, or anywhere in between, A. A. Milne wrote this collection of verses about Christopher Robin and, of course, his great friend, Winnie-the-Pooh.

    Readers will be moved by the gentle humor and playful rhythms of what have become some of the best-loved poems for children. And they will find delight and reassurance in Milne's world - an always accessible, sun-filled realm of the imagination - a world perfectly rendered in Ernest Shepard's enchanting illustrations.

    The essential book for that all-important birthday, Now We Are Six is much more than a worthy successor to When We Were Very Young. It is a classic in its own right, treasured by every new generation of readers.

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