Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
William Shakespeare
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
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Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
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Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
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And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
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Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
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And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
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And every fair from fair sometime declines,
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By chance or nature's changing course, untrimm'd;
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But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
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Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
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Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
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When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
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So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
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So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
About the Author
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
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