Sonnets by William Shakespeare: CXXII

Sonnet CXXI

Sonnet CXXIII

CXXII

 Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain Full character'd with lasting memory, Which shall above that idle rank remain, Beyond all date; even to eternity: Or, at the least, so long as brain and heart Have faculty by nature to subsist; Till each to raz'd oblivion yield his part Of thee, thy record never can be miss'd. That poor retention could not so much hold, Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score; Therefore to give them from me was I bold, To trust those tables that receive thee more:   To keep an adjunct to remember thee   Were to import forgetfulness in me. 

Contents

Sonnet CXXI

Sonnet CXXIII