Shakespeare's Sonnets Navigator | Summary of Sonnet 100 in the Table of Contents | Notes for Sonnet 100 |
1 Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long 2 To speak of that which gives thee all thy might? 3 Spend'st thou thy fury on some worthless song, 4 Dark'ning thy power to lend base subjects light? 5 Return, forgetful Muse, and straight redeem 6 In gentle numbers time so idly spent; 7 Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem, 8 And gives thy pen both skill and argument. 9 Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey, 10 If Time have any wrinkle graven there; 11 If any, be a satire to decay, 12 And make Time's spoils despised every where. 13 Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life; 14 So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife |
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