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The Sonnets IV - Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend

By William Shakespeare

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Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend     Upon thy self thy beautys legacy?     Natures bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,     And being frank she lends to those are free:     Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse     The bounteous largess given thee to give?     Profitless usurer, why dost thou use     So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?     For having traffic with thy self alone,     Thou of thy self thy sweet self dost deceive:     Then how when nature calls thee to be gone,     What acceptable audit canst thou leave?     Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee,     Which, used, lives th executor to be.

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About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English playwright and poet widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote 154 sonnets and narrative poems including "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece," alongside 37 plays that remain central to world literature.

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