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The Phoenix and Turtle (Quarto, 1601)

Author: William Shakespeare

Editor: Hardy M. Cook

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The Phoenix and Turtle (Quarto, 1601)
- Work
- Stanza
  1. 1 — 5
  2. 6 — 10
  3. 11 — 15
  4. 16 — 18
- Page
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 6

¶Reason in it selfe confounded,
¶Saw Diuision grow together,
¶To themselues yet either neither,
¶Simple were so well compounded.

45That it cried, how true a twaine,
¶Seemeth this concordant one,
¶Loue hath Reason, Reason none,
¶If what parts, can so remaine.

¶Whereupon it made this Threne,
50To the Phœnix and the Doue,
¶Co-supremes and starres of Loue,
¶As Chorus to their Tragique Scene.

¶BEautie, Truth, and Raritie,
¶Grace in all simplicitie,
55Here enclosde, in cinders lie.

¶Death is now the Phœnix nest,
¶And the Turtles loyall brest,
¶To eternitie doth rest.

Last Modified: 2013-02-16

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