Shakespeare's sonnets, or simply “The Sonnets”, is a collection of poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics, and mortality. They were probably written over a period of several years. All 154 poems appeared in a 1609 collection. The “sonnet XVIII” is probably one of the Shakespeare's most famous sonnets.
Sonnet XVIII
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? A
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: B
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: B
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, C
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; D
And every fair from fair sometime declines, C
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; D
But thy eternal summer shall not fade E
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; F
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, E
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: F
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, G
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. G
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Thou art more lovely and more temperate: B
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: B
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, C
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; D
And every fair from fair sometime declines, C
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; D
But thy eternal summer shall not fade E
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; F
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, E
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: F
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, G
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. G
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