Summary | Not for Sale | Anon

Summary           ' Not for Sale ' by an anonymous writer is a heart touching story of a young couple madly in love who overcome all obstacles for the sake of their love and togetherness. The author was on a vacation when he came across a painting of a young woman . The painting was extraordinary and very expressive. He wished to buy it. But the woman in charge of the shop denied saying that the painting belonged to the owner of the shop and he did not wish to sell it. However, the painting was so touching that it kept haunting the author. Whenever he got a chance, he would drive all the way through Taos and to the gallery and see the painting. Finally, the woman shopkeeper told him the story behind the painting. Two young students, a man and a woman, fell madly in love while they studied painting and arts in New York, far from their homes . They decided to get married and have a promising career in painting.           However, just a few weeks before the wedding, the woman fel
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Sonnet 25 | William Shakespeare

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        William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is undoubtedly one of the most gifted writers in the world, known for his all-time great plays. The sonnets of Shakespeare are no less famous. They are 154 in number and are divided into two groups. The first 126 sonnets are supposed to be addressed to a gentlemen friend of the poet, for whom the poet had great affection. The dispute about the identity of the poet's friend is unsettled. The other sonnets are addressed to a dark lady of charming beauty. However, all these poems reveal different moods of the poet and explore the intricacies of human relationship. Sonnet 25 comes under the first group of sonnets.

Sonnet XXV

Let those who are in favour with their stars

Of public honour and proud titles boast,

Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,

Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.


Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread

But as the marigold at the sun's eye.

And in themselves their pride lies buried,

For at a frown they in their glory die.

The painful warrior famoused for fight,

After a thousand victories once foil'd,

Is from the book of honour razed quite,

And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd:

Then happy I, that love and am beloved

Where I may not remove nor be removed.

Location: India

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