By William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date;
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breath or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
This, by far, is my favorite Sonnet by William Shakespeare. A little secret about myself is that I have a hell of a soft side. Whenever I read this Sonnet, my soft side exposes itself and my mind begins to wonder. Although this sonnet was written for a young man and can be taken as a total act of homosexuality, this sonnet reminds me most of my better half, or girlfriend if you will. You can ask her, she could tell you stories about me. I can get extremely mushy! Not only does this sonnet make my mind and heart race over the Misses, it provides great ammunition for some soft, romantic talk if I ever want to set the mood. Guys, I totally recommend this sonnet if you ever want to romance your gal!