Love

Sonnet 134

by William Shakespeare 1564-1616

Love

So, now I have confess'd that he is thine,
And I my self am mortgag'd to thy will,
Myself I'll forfeit, so that other mine
Thou wilt restore to be my comfort still:
But thou wilt not, nor he will not be free,
For thou art covetous, and he is kind;
He learn'd but surety-like to write for me,
Under that bond that him as fast doth bind.
The statute of thy beauty thou wilt take,
Thou usurer, that putt'st forth all to use,
And sue a friend came debtor for my sake;
So him I lose through my unkind abuse.
Him have I lost; thou hast both him and me:
He pays the whole, and yet am I not free.

MLA

Shakespeare, William. “Sonnet 134.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/133/.

Chicago

Shakespeare, William. “Sonnet 134.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/133/.

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