The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Thu 8/17/06)

[RetroLounge]

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

William Shakespeare

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RL

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[malta blue]

1. RL

You have just made my day. I have loved this since I first heard it at age 9, at which point I memorized it and recited it to anyone who gave me the opportunity. I hadn't thought of it in some time.
Thanks.

[Callalily]

2. Ahhh . . . how lovely RL

What a nice tribute to love!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear RetroLounge!

Oh, this is probably my favorite sonnet!

It is such a lyrical and beautiful piece.........

So very eloquent!

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

These last two lines are the most memorable to me........

Thank you!

:loveya:


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