...overturn, 5 And brotls root out the wor\ of masonry, Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quic\ fire shall bum The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death, and...you pace forth, your praise shall still find room, 10 Even in the eyes of all postenty That wear this world out to the ending doom. So till the jttdgment...

...this pow'rml rhyme. Hut you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues...fire shall burn The living record of your memory. '(lainst death and all oblivious emnity Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room. Ev'n...

...Of princes, shall oudive this powerful rime; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When...still find room Even in the eyes of all posterity That wears this world out to the ending doom. So, till the judgement that yourself arise, You live in this,...

...to stand in the same relation to both of them but in fact makes sense with only one, eg Sonnet 55: Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Burn' makes perfect sense with 'war's quick fire' but not with 'Mars his sword', for which another...

...the process: "Not marble nor the gilded monuments / Of princes shall outlive this pow'rful rhyme"; "Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn / The living record of your memory" (Sonnets 55.1-2, 7-8). So much for "brazen tombs" won by these hermetic "conquerors" of their own affection,...

...this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, be smear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues...find room, Even in the eyes of all posterity That wears this world out to the ending doom. So, till the judgement that yourself arise, You live in this,...

...princes shall out live this powerful rhyme. But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When...masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall bum 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth: your praise shall still find room...

...poems like Shakespeare's proclaim the poet's power to conquer time: "Gainst death and all oblivious enmity / Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room / Even in the eyes of all posterity."46 Carpe diem poems like Herrick's "Gather ye rosebuds" summon poetic authority to urge...

...this powerful rime; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. ' When wasteful war shall statues...broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his 2 sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and all-oblivious...

...But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. 5 When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils...your memory. 'Gainst death, and all-oblivious enmity 10 Shall you pace forth, your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of all posterity That...