Shakespeare's Sonnets Navigator | Summary of Sonnet 101 in the Table of Contents | Notes for Sonnet 101 |
1 O truant Muse, what shall be thy amends 2 For thy neglect of truth in beauty dy'd? 3 Both truth and beauty on my love depends; 4 So dost thou too, and therein dignified. 5 Make answer, Muse: wilt thou not haply say, 6 "Truth needs no colour, with his colour fix'd; 7 Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay; 8 But best is best, if never intermix'd"? 9 Because he needs no praise, wilt thou be dumb? 10 Excuse not silence so; for't lies in thee 11 To make him much outlive a gilded tomb, 12 And to be praised of ages yet to be. 13 Then do thy office, Muse; I teach thee how 14 To make him seem long hence as he shows now. |
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