g
Printer Friendly Version

editor   Asha Sahni
BellaOnline's English Culture Editor
 

Sonnet 114 - William Shakespeare

Or whether doth my mind, being crown'd with you,
Drink up the monarch's plague, this flattery?
Or whether shall I say, mine eye saith true,
And that your love taught it this alchemy,
To make of monsters and things indigest
Such cherubins as your sweet self resemble,
Creating every bad a perfect best,
As fast as objects to his beams assemble?
O,'tis the first; 'tis flattery in my seeing,
And my great mind most kingly drinks it up:
Mine eye well knows what with his gust is 'greeing,
And to his palate doth prepare the cup:

If it be poison'd, 'tis the lesser sin
That mine eye loves it and doth first begin.

-- William Shakespeare

English Culture Site @ BellaOnline
View This Article in Regular Layout

Content copyright © 2011 by Lisa Shea. All rights reserved.
This content was written by Lisa Shea. If you wish to use this content in any manner, you need written permission. Contact Asha Sahni for details.



| About BellaOnline | Privacy Policy | Advertising | Become an Editor |
Website copyright © 2012 Minerva WebWorks LLC. All rights reserved.


BellaOnline Editor