Love Sonnet 25
Let those who are in favor with their stars
Of public honor and proud titles boast,
Unlooked for joy in that I honor most.
Geat princes' favorites their fair leaves spread
But as the marigold at the sun's eye,
And in themselves their pride lies burièd,
For at a frown they in their glory die.
The painful warrior famousèd for fight,
After a thousand victories once foiled,
Is from the book of honor razèd quite,
And all the rest forgot for which he toiled.
Then happy I, that love and am beloved
Where I may not remove nor be removed.
by William Shakespeare
(1564-1616) |