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ANOTHER SONNET TO BLACK IT SELF, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou black, wherein all colours are compos'd
Last Line: All revelation unto man denies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord
Variant Title(s): Sonnet To Black It Self
Subject(s): Black (color)


THOU Black, wherein all colours are compos'd,
And unto which they all at last return;
Thou colour of the sun where it doth burn,
And shadow where it cools; in thee is clos'd
Whatever Nature can, or hath dispos'd
In any other hue: from thee do rise
Those tempers and complexions which, disclos'd
As parts of thee, do work as mysteries
Of that thy hidden power; when thou dost reign,
The characters of fate shine in the skies,
And tell us what the Heavens do ordain:
But when earth's common light shines to our eyes,
Thou so retir'st thyself that thy disdain
All revelation unto man denies.





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