Sonnet 18 — Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

by William Shakespeare (1609) — a poem card from Justes Mots

A promise to outlast summer itself: as long as the poem is read, the beloved cannot fade.

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;
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Themes: love · admiration