Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough windes do fhake the darling buds of Maie,
And sommers leafe hath all too fhort a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven fhines,
And often is his gold completion dimm'd,
And every faire from fome-time declines,
By chance or nature's changing courfe untrimd:
But they externall sommer fhall not fade,
Nor loofe poffeffion of that faire thou ow'ft,
Nor fhall death brag thou wandr'ft in his fhade,
When externall lines to time thou grow'ft,
So long as men car,breath or eyes can fee,
So long lives this,and this gives life to thee.
Meaning: Summer is warm,delightful time of the year often associated with rest and recreation.Shakespeare compares his love to a summer's day in Sonnet 18.
Written By : William Shakespeare
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Sonnet 18 : Shall I compare thee to a summer's
SpiritualIt is a story written by William Shakespeare.It is composed between 1593 and 1601 though not published until 1609.
