Shakespeare's Sonnets Navigator | Summary of Sonnet 106 in the Table of Contents | Notes for Sonnet 106 |
1 When in the chronicle of wasted time 2 I see descriptions of the fairest wights, 3 And beauty making beautiful old rhyme 4 In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, 5 Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, 6 Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, 7 I see their antique pen would have express'd 8 Even such a beauty as you master now. 9 So all their praises are but prophecies 10 Of this our time, all you prefiguring; 11 And, for they look'd but with divining eyes, 12 They had not skill enough your worth to sing: 13 For we, which now behold these present days, 14 Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. |
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