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Shakespeare’s Sonnets 78 – 90

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 78 – 90 Sonnet 78 Summary: the poet senses competition from rival poets who have also fallen under the spell of the “fair youth”.  But having been the first to praise him in poetry, his verses have the prior claim. Besides, the youth’s “sweet graces” (in contrast with other poets’ work) are central […]