blanks —Commit to these waste, SONNETS, LXXVII.
10:
“Probably this Sonnet was designed to accompany a present of
a book consisting of blank paper. Lord Orrery sent a birth-day gift of the same kind to
Swift, together with a copy of verses of the same tendency”
(STEEVENS)
.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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