Sunday, 13 November 2011

William Shakespeare - Sonnet 35


O more be grieved at that which thou hast done:
Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud;
Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun,
And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

All men make faults, and even I in this,
Authorizing thy trespass with compare,
Myself corrupting, salving thy amiss,
Excusing thy sins more than thy sins are;

For to thy sensual fault I bring in sense
 (Thy adverse party is thy advocate)
And 'gainst myself a lawful plea commence;

Such civil war is in my love and hate
That I an accessory needs must be
To that sweet thief which sourly robs me.

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