Sonnet 54
O how much more doth beauty beauteous seem,
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give!
The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem
For that sweet odour which doth in it live.
The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye
As the perfumed tincture of the roses,
Hang on such thorns and play as wantonly
When summer's breath their masked buds discloses:
But, for their virtue only is their show,
They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade,
Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so;
Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made:
And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth,
When that shall fade, my verse distills your truth.
The cache can be found at:
N 47º AB.CDE
W 122º FG.HIJ
A = Qtn 2, Line 1, Ib 5, Letter 2
B = Cpt, Line 2, Ib 2, Letter 2
C = Qtn 2, Line 2, Ib 5, Letter 3
D = Qtn 1, Line 3, Ib 2, Letter 1
E = Qtn 2, Line 4, Ib 2, Letter 3
F = Cpt, Line 2, Ib 1, Letter 10
G = Qtn 3, Line 1, Ib 4, Letter 3
H = Qtn 1, Line 2, Ib 4, Letter 7
I = Qtn 3, Line 4, Ib 1, Letter 3
J = Qtn 1, Line 1, Ib 3, Letter 4
A, J, S = 1
B, K, T = 2
C, L, U = 3
D, M, V = 4
E, N, W = 5
F, O, X = 6
G, P, Y = 7
H, Q, Z = 8
I, R = 9
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The cache was placed by permission of the owner (who is very excited to see some cachers making the find!) If you're spotted, you may receive a hearty hello.
Thanks to duma332 who beta-tested the puzzle!