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The Sonnets LXII - Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye

By William Shakespeare

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Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye     And all my soul, and all my every part;     And for this sin there is no remedy,     It is so grounded inward in my heart.     Methinks no face so gracious is as mine,     No shape so true, no truth of such account;     And for myself mine own worth do define,     As I all other in all worths surmount.     But when my glass shows me myself indeed     Beated and choppd with tanned antiquity,     Mine own self-love quite contrary I read;     Self so self-loving were iniquity.     Tis thee, myself, that for myself I praise,     Painting my age with beauty of thy days.

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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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