Shake-speares Sonnets, Never before Imprinted/Sonnet 16
For other versions of this work, see Sonnet 16 (Shakespeare).
16Bvt wherefore do not you a mightier waieMake warre vppon this bloudie tirant time?And fortifie your selfe in your decayWith meanes more blessed then my barren rime?Now stand you on the top of happie houres,And many maiden gardens yet vnset,With vertuous wish would beare your liuing flowers,Much liker then your painted counterfeit:So should the lines of life that life repaireWhich this (Times pensel or my pupill pen)Neither in inward worth nor outward faireCan make you liue your selfe in eies of men,To giue away your selfe, keeps your selfe still,And you must liue drawne by your owne sweet skill.