Sonnet 30 — When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

by William Shakespeare (1609) — a poem card from Justes Mots

He tallies up every old grief and loss — then thinks of one dear friend, and all the sorrows are restored.

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

I summon up remembrance of things past,

I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,

And with old woes new wail my dear times' waste: 4
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Themes: gratitude · friendship