Sonnet 153 by W. Shakespeare

Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep:
A maid of Dian's this advantage found,
And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep
In a cold valley-fountain of that ground;
Which borrow'd from this holy fire of Love
A dateless lively heat, still to endure,
And grew a seething bath, which yet men prove
Against strange maladies a sovereign cure.
But at my mistress' eye Love's brand new-fired,
The boy for trial needs would touch my breast;
I, sick withal, the help of bath desired,
And thither hied, a sad distemper'd guest,
   But found no cure: the bath for my help lies
   Where Cupid got new fire, my mistress' eyes.

Sonnet 153 (Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep) from Sonnets by William Shakespeare.

Сонет 153 на английском языке. Автор Уильям Шекспир.

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