William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Sonnet LXVI
Tired with
all these, for restful death I cry,
As to behold desert
a beggar born,
And needy nothing
trimm'd in jollity,
And purest faith unhappily
forsworn,
And gilded honour
shamefully misplac'd,
And maiden virtue
rudely strumpeted,
And right perfection
wrongfully disgrac'd,
And strength by limping
sway disabled
And art made tongue-tied
by authority,
And folly--doctor-like--controlling
skill,
And simple truth miscall'd
simplicity,
And captive good attending
captain ill:
Tir'd with all these, from these would I be gone,
Save that, to die, I leave my love alone.
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