William Shakespeare – Sonnet 2 Lyrics
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field
Thy youth's proud livery so gazed on now
Will be a totter'd weed of small worth held:
Then being asked, where all thy beauty lies
Where all the treasure of thy lusty days;
To say, within thine own deep sunken eyes
Were an all-eating shame, and thriftless praise
How much more praise deserv'd thy beauty's use
If thou couldst answer 'This fair child of mine
Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse,'
Proving his beauty by succession thine!
This were to be new made when thou art old
And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field
Thy youth's proud livery so gazed on now
Will be a totter'd weed of small worth held:
Then being asked, where all thy beauty lies
Where all the treasure of thy lusty days;
To say, within thine own deep sunken eyes
Were an all-eating shame, and thriftless praise
How much more praise deserv'd thy beauty's use
If thou couldst answer 'This fair child of mine
Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse,'
Proving his beauty by succession thine!
This were to be new made when thou art old
And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold
