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Oh, Shakespeare! Say it Isn’t So!

Posted by Sherry Lee • November 03, 2015

Earl of Southampton

Have you ever read Shakespeare’s sonnets? I’m sure you are familiar with many of the phrases he used; the famous lines of love and adoration, such as this Shakespeare quote, “shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” But did you know this sonnet was written about a young man? Holy Cow, right!?

I have attached a picture of the young man it is believed that sonnet was written for! This is a portrait of the Earl of Southampton.

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