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Investigation of Sonnet 154   The little Love-god lying once snoozing Laid close by his heart-exciting brand, While numerous sprites that vow'd pure life to keep Came stumbling by; however in her lady hand The most attractive votary took up that fire Which numerous armies of genuine hearts had warm'd, Thus the General of hot want Was resting by a virgin hand disarm'd. This brand she extinguished in a cool well by, Which from Love's fire took heat ceaseless, Growing a shower and stimulating cure For men diseas'd. Be that as it may, I, my paramour's thrall, Came there for fix; and this by that I demonstrate: Love's fire warms water, water cools not love.     This work has all the earmarks of being another form of 153 as opposed to one of an arrangement. These two works, two renderings of a similar ides, could either demonstrate or refute Shakespeare's origin. Just twice did Shakespeare revise any of his poems, both 138 and 144 show up marginally changed in _The Passionate Pilgrim_. These are proof of Shakespeare's rewritings, however the main issue is on the off chance that one is out to demonstrate the creation on these grounds, over-correction stays a factor; that is, Shakespeare reworked the two pieces changing just a couple of words and not the whole work. These appear to be the issues with refering to Shakespeaare as their creator, however similarly refuting him as the creator. If I somehow managed to contend for Shakespeare's initiation, I would correspond the assistance of shower with being a mention to The Wife of Bath's Tale in Chaucer's _Canterbury Tales_. Shakespeare utilized Chaucer as a source in _A Midsummer Night's Dream_ (from The Kinght's Tale and The Miller's Tale), _Troilus and Cressida_ (from _Troilus and Criseyde) and _The Two Noble Kinsmen_ (from The Knight's Tale). Seeing that Shakespeare utilized Chaucer as a kind of perspective in the past for help, I assume the assistance of shower could be a tribut to Chaucer and along these lines a potential source or mention. Be that as it may, this remains on unsubstantial grounds because of its chance just importance a water-filled bowl.