Random Verses from The Sonnets by Shakespeare
All days are nights to see till I see thee
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me
Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war
How to divide the conquest of thy sight
Mine eye, my heart thy picture’s sight would bar
My heart, mine eye the freedom of that right
If I could write the beauty of your eyes
And in fresh numbers number all your graces
The age to come would say this poet lies
Such heavenly touches ne’er touched earthly faces
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings
But if the while I think on thee (dear friend)
All losses are restored, and sorrows end
O give thy self the thanks if aught in me
Worthy perusal stand against thy sight
For who’s so dumb that cannot write to thee
When thou thy self dost give invention light
To leave poor me, thou hast the strength of laws
Since why to love, I can allege no cause
