Shakespeare's Sonnets Navigator | Summary of Sonnet 96 in the Table of Contents | Notes for Sonnet 96 |
1 Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness; 2 Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport; 3 Both grace and faults are lov'd of more and less; 4 Thou mak'st faults graces that to thee resort. 5 As on the finger of a throned queen 6 The basest jewel will be well esteem'd 7 So are those errors that in thee are seen 8 To truths translated and for true things deem'd. 9 How many lambs might the stern wolf betray, 10 If like a lamb he could his looks translate! 11 How many gazers mightst thou lead away, 12 If thou wouldst use the strength of all thy state! 13 But do not so; I love thee in such sort 14 As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report. |
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