Sonnet 66

by William Shakespeare · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

Tir'd 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.

#existential weariness #love and loss #moral decay #william shakespeare

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