Nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense. — William Shakespeare

Nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense.

Shakespeare's Sonnets · 1609
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Provenance
Current citation
Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 12.
Original citation
Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 12, I. 13.

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