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"To Thine Own Self"
“To Thine Own Self”
(Hamlet: Shakespeare)
No offence to the Bard,
But I found it quite hard
When composing a sonnet
My face had a frown on it….
His iambic pentameter
Could not have been sweeter –
Mine should have been neater….
His verse flowed like sweet wine,
Every word quite divine –
Rough and ready, was mine!
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Tuesday 12th June 2012 3:56 pm
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