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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 17

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 17. Who will believe my verse in time to come. If it were filled with your most high deserts ?. Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb. Which hides your life and shows not half your parts. If I could write. the beauty of your

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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 17

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  1. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 17

  2. Who will believe my verse in time to come

  3. Ifitwerefilledwithyourmost high deserts?

  4. Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb

  5. Whichhidesyour life and showsnothalfyourparts

  6. If I couldwrite the beauty ofyour eyes

  7. And in freshnumbersnumberallyourgraces

  8. The age to come would say, “This poet lies:

  9. Suchheavenlytouches ne’ertouchedearthlyfaces”

  10. So shouldmypapers, yellowedwiththeirage

  11. Be scorned like old men of less truth than tongue,

  12. And your true rights be termed a poet’s rage

  13. And stretchèdmetreofanantiquesong:

  14. Butwere some childofyoursalivethattime,

  15. Youshould live twice, in it and in myrhyme.

  16. The Shakespeareansonnet projectby Giulia Lavarda, January 2008

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