Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XXXV

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

XXXV

 No more be griev'd at that which thou hast done: Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud: Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun, And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud. All men make faults, and even I in this, Authorizing thy trespass with compare, Myself corrupting, salving thy amiss, Excusing thy sins more than thy sins are; For to thy sensual fault I bring in sense,- Thy adverse party is thy advocate,- And 'gainst myself a lawful plea commence: Such civil war is in my love and hate,   That I an accessary needs must be,   To that sweet thief which sourly robs from me. 
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