Shakespeare's Sonnets Navigator | Summary of Sonnet 87 in the Table of Contents | Notes for Sonnet 87 |
1 Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, 2 And like enough thou know'st thy estimate: 3 The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing; 4 My bonds in thee are all determinate. 5 For how do I hold thee but by thy granting? 6 And for that riches where is my deserving? 7 The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, 8 And so my patent back again is swerving. 9 Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing, 10 Or me, to whom thou gav'st it, else mistaking; 11 So thy great gift, upon misprision growing, 12 Comes home again, on better judgment making. 13 Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter, 14 In sleep a king, but waking no such matter. |
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