When To The Sessions Of Sweet Silent Thought (Sonnet 30) Poem by William Shakespeare

When To The Sessions Of Sweet Silent Thought (Sonnet 30)

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When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste:
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death's dateless night,
And weep afresh love's long since cancelled woe,
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er
The sad account of fore-bemoanèd moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Shaun Cronick 28 March 2020

Sweet silent thought for all.

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Michael Walker 31 July 2019

The whole sonnet breathes life, the recall of things past, friends who have died, the woes that have befallen him; but all this is not so bad when 'I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored and sorrows end'. A brilliant sonnet which I know by heart.

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* Sunprincess * 18 October 2012

New friends are a blessing, to help keep us grounded and help us forget about past sorrows and loss.

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Egal Bohen 03 February 2006

A description embodying the truth of friendship and love, both of which truly surpass all other things.

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