...several years ago), that the 107lh sonnet, at least, was addressed to the Earl of Southampton : — " Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world, dreaming of things to come — [This evidently refers to some event of notoriety and public interest.] Can yet...

...remarkable occasion. Mr. Lee suggests a paraphrase of the opening quatrain which it will not bear. Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide...control, Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom. The words ' my true love ' might certainly by themselves be taken, as Mr. Lee takes them, to mean ' my...

...remarkable occasion. Mr. Lee suggests a paraphrase of the opening quatrain which it will not bear. Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide...love control, Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom. I affection for my friend.' All leases are for a term of years ; each has a limit or ' confine ' assigned...

...time, one to whom this hidden spirit of Nature deigned most bounteously to manifest itself. Not my own fears, nor the prophetic soul, Of the wide world, dreaming on things to come, Can yet the date of my true love control. These lines, in which the great English poet attributes prophetic inspiration...

...thought ; but he must have, in some measure, when speculating, to quote his own expressive phrase, upon The prophetic soul , Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, — have foreseen some of its issues. This fact, as Ulrici has shown, will reconcile so much that is...

...we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. CVII. Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide...of my true love control, Supposed as forfeit to a cdnfined doom. The mortal moon hath her eclipse endured, And the sad augurs mock their own presage...

...we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. evil. Not Suppos'd as forfeit to a confin'd doom. The mortal moon hath her eclipse endur'd, And the sad augurs...

...marriage. There is one exception in Sonnet 107, and it will worthily crown our illustrations : — ' Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide...things to come, Can yet the lease of my true love controul, Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom. The The mortal Moon hath her edipse endured, And...

...— " Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye."* " Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come — ****** ****** The mortal moon hath her eclipse endured, And the sad augurs mock their own presage...

...we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. CVII. Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide...to come, Can yet the lease of my true love control, Suppos'd as forfeit to a confin'd doom. The mortal moon hath her eclipse endur'd, And the sad augurs...