136FOr shame deny that thou bear'st loue to any

137Who for thy selfe art so vnprouident

138Graunt if thou wilt, thou art belou'd of many,

139But that thou none lou'st is most euident:

140For thou art so possest with murdrous hate,

141That gainst thy selfe thou stickst not to conspire,

142Seeking that beautious roofe to ruinate

143Which to repaire should be thy chiefe desire :

144O change thy thought, that I may change my minde,

145Shall hate be fairer log'd then gentle loue?

146Be as thy presence is gracious and kind,

147Or to thy selfe at least kind harted proue,

148 Make thee an other selfe for loue of me,

149That beauty still may liue in thine or thee.

151AS fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou grow'st,

152In one of thine, from that which thou departest,

153And that fresh bloud which yongly thou bestow'st,

154Thou maist call thine, when thou from youth conuertest,

155Herein liues wisdome, beauty, and increase,

156Without this follie, age, and could decay,

157If all were minded so, the times should cease,

158And threescoore yeare would make the world away:

159Let those whom nature hath not made for store,

160Harsh, featurelesse, and rude , barrenly perrish,

161Looke whom she best indow'd, she gaue the more;

162Which bountious guift thou shouldst in bounty cherrish,

163 She caru'd thee for her seale, and ment therby,

164Thou shouldst print more, not let that coppy die.

166WHen I doe count the clock that tels the time,

167And see the braue day sunck in hidious night,

168When I behold the violet past prime,

169And sable curls or siluer'd ore with white :

170When lofty trees I see barren of leaues,

171Which erst from heat did canopie the herd

172And Sommers greene all girded vp in sheaues

173Borne on the beare with white and bristly beard:

174Then of thy beauty do I question make

175That thou among the wastes of time must goe,

176Since sweets and beauties do them-selues forsake,

177And die as fast as they see others grow,

178 And nothing gainst Times sieth can make defence

179Saue breed to braue him, when he takes thee hence.