| Return to Shakespeare's Sonnet 68 |
1. map: picture; image.
2. as flowers do now: i.e., naturally.
3. bastard signs of fair: i.e., cosmetics.
4. durst: dared.
6. right of: rightfully belonging to.
8. ere: before.
9. antique hours: ancient times.
10. all: any. itself: i.e., beauty's unadulterated self.
11. green: youth.
13. map: pattern; template. store: preserve.