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Bibliography: Sonnet 94 by Shakespeare, William

Sonnet 94
Shakespeare, William
Note Source
A Lost Lady Part I, Chap. 7; Collected Short Fiction 1892-1912 373
Note Relating to Cather

In A Lost Lady, when Niel discovers Mrs. Forrester's affair with Frank Ellinger, he "mutter[s], 'Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.'" The full final couplet of Sonnet 94 reads: "For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;/Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds" (Scholarly Edition, note 82).

In "Eric Hermannson's Soul," Margaret Elliot's fiance begins a letter to her with an allusion from Sonnet 97: "How like a winter hath thine absence been," changing the first person "my" to "thine," for his purposes.