Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XXXVII

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

XXXVII

 As a decrepit father takes delight To see his active child do deeds of youth, So I, made lame by Fortune's dearest spite, Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth;  For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit, Or any of these all, or all, or more, Entitled in thy parts, do crowned sit, I make my love engrafted, to this store: So then I am not lame, poor, nor despis'd, Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give That I in thy abundance am suffic'd, And by a part of all thy glory live.   Look what is best, that best I wish in thee:   This wish I have; then ten times happy me! 
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