The Mind

Sonnet 75

by William Shakespeare 1564-1616

The Mind

So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-season'd showers are to the ground;
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
As 'twixt a miser and his wealth is found.
Now proud as an enjoyer, and anon
Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure;
Now counting best to be with you alone,
Then better'd that the world may see my pleasure:
Sometime all full with feasting on your sight,
And by and by clean starved for a look;
Possessing or pursuing no delight,
Save what is had, or must from you be took.
Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day,
Or gluttoning on all, or all away.

MLA

Shakespeare, William. “Sonnet 75.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/74/.

Chicago

Shakespeare, William. “Sonnet 75.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/74/.

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