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Shakespeare Sonnet 18 (XVIII) on Parchment Plaque
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Shakespeare Sonnet 18 (XVIII) on Parchment Plaque
What would life be without poetry in general - or Shakespeare in particular?
A while back, I decided to make products using Shakespeare's sonnets, but I felt my design was a bit unfulfilled at the time, so I revamped it a bit to something more to my liking. Traditional yet original. The background is a parchment texture I made a while back, and I also found a calligraphic typeface for it that has the almost unique feature of having both historical gravity as well as modern legibility.
Obviously there are lots of sonnets to get through, so if you like this design, but cannot find your favourite work by the bard already made in it, please email me at mail@galleryhakon.com to let me know and I'll get to it right away.
This particular one is sonnet 18 (XVIII), which reads:
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date;
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
By many considered the most "romantic" of his sonnets, this one is perhaps the one most suitable as a gift to your significant other for Valentine's Day, anniversary, special birthday, as a morning present after a wedding, or even as part of your wedding theme.
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By NORMA S.18 September 2025 • Verified Purchase
5.25 x 5.25 with Easel
This was part of a gift to a niece and her husband, for their golden wedding anniversary (50th) in October. I have to say that I am not happy with the colour of the background at all. Instead of a 'gold' colour, it is more of a pale caramel colour. The 'glitter' between the 'pearl' circle surrounding the wording was more a 'gold' colour than the background!! (I also chose for the word 'always' to be added after the word Love. It wasn't. However, that fact isn't a deal breaker shall we say.) Most disappointed in the colour in particular. It should be far more 'gold' in colour, for a golden anniversary. .
5 out of 5 stars rating
By Stephanie B.3 March 2021 • Verified Purchase
5x7 with Easel
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It’s a surprise for my soon to be husband on our wedding day!!! It was Perfect!! I love it!!!
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By Stephanie B.3 March 2021 • Verified Purchase
8x10 With Easel
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I absolutely love this!!! It’s a surprise for my soon to be husband on our wedding day!!! It was Great!!! Impressed
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Added on 6/10/14, 11:26 am
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