Sonnet III
πΏπππ ππ π‘βπ¦ ππππ π πππ π‘πππ π‘βπ ππππ π‘βππ’ π£πππ€ππ π‘
πππ€ ππ π‘βπ π‘πππ π‘βππ‘ ππππ π βππ’ππ ππππ ππππ‘βππ,
πβππ π ππππ β ππππππ ππ πππ€ π‘βππ’ πππ‘ πππππ€ππ π‘,
πβππ’ πππ π‘ ππππ’πππ π‘βπ π€ππππ, π’πππππ π π πππ πππ‘βππ.
πΉππ π€βπππ ππ π βπ π π ππππ π€βππ π π’ππππππ π€πππ
π·ππ πππππ π‘βπ π‘ππππππ ππ π‘βπ¦ βπ’π ππππππ¦?
ππ π€βπ ππ βπ π π ππππ π€πππ ππ π‘βπ π‘πππ
ππ βππ π πππ-πππ£π, π‘π π π‘ππ πππ π‘ππππ‘π¦?
πβππ’ πππ‘ π‘βπ¦ πππ‘βππβπ ππππ π , πππ π βπ ππ π‘βππ
πΆππππ ππππ π‘βπ πππ£πππ¦ π΄ππππ ππ βππ πππππ;
ππ π‘βππ’ π‘βπππ’πβ π€πππππ€π ππ π‘βπππ πππ π βπππ‘ π ππ,
π·ππ πππ‘π ππ π€πππππππ , π‘βππ π‘βπ¦ ππππππ π‘πππ.
π΅π’π‘ ππ π‘βππ’ πππ£π ππππππππππ πππ‘ π‘π ππ,
π·ππ π πππππ, πππ π‘βπππ πππππ ππππ π€ππ‘β π‘βππ.
The poet urges the young man to reflect on his own image in a mirror. Just as the young manβs mother sees her own youthful self reflected in the face of her son, so someday the young man should be able to look at his sonβs face and see reflected his own youth. If the young man decides to die childless, all these faces and images die with him.
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Sonnet II
πβππ ππππ‘π¦ π€πππ‘πππ π βπππ πππ ππππ π‘βπ¦ ππππ€
π΄ππ πππ ππππ π‘ππππβππ ππ π‘βπ¦ ππππ’π‘π¦βπ πππππ,
πβπ¦ π¦ππ’π‘ββπ ππππ’π πππ£πππ¦, π π πππ§ππ ππ πππ€,
ππππ ππ π π‘ππ‘π‘ππππ π€πππ ππ π ππππ π€πππ‘β βπππ.
πβππ πππππ ππ πππ π€βπππ πππ π‘βπ¦ ππππ’π‘π¦ ππππ ,
πβπππ πππ π‘βπ π‘ππππ π’ππ ππ π‘βπ¦ ππ’π π‘π¦ πππ¦π ,
ππ π ππ¦ π€ππ‘βππ π‘βπππ ππ€π ππππ-π π’ππππ ππ¦ππ
ππππ ππ πππ-πππ‘πππ π βπππ πππ π‘βππππ‘πππ π πππππ π.
π»ππ€ ππ’πβ ππππ πππππ π πππ πππ£ππ π‘βπ¦ ππππ’π‘π¦βπ π’π π
πΌπ π‘βππ’ πππ’πππ π‘ πππ π€ππ βπβππ ππππ πβπππ ππ ππππ
πβπππ π π’π ππ¦ πππ’ππ‘ πππ ππππ ππ¦ πππ ππ₯ππ’π π,β
ππππ£πππ βππ ππππ’π‘π¦ ππ¦ π π’ππππ π πππ π‘βπππ.
πβππ π€πππ π‘π ππ πππ€ ππππ π€βππ π‘βππ’ πππ‘ πππ
π΄ππ π ππ π‘βπ¦ πππππ π€πππ π€βππ π‘βππ’ ππππβπ π‘ ππ‘ ππππ.
The poet challenges the young man to imagine two different futures, one in which he dies childless, the other in which he leaves behind a son. In the first, the young man will waste the uninvested treasure of his youthful beauty. In the other, though still himself subject to the ravages of time, his childβs beauty will witness the fatherβs wise investment of this treasure.
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Sonnet I
πΉπππ ππππππ π‘ πππππ‘π’πππ π€π πππ πππ πππππππ π,
πβππ‘ π‘βπππππ¦ ππππ’π‘π¦βπ πππ π πππβπ‘ πππ£ππ πππ,
π΅π’π‘, ππ π‘βπ πππππ π βππ’ππ ππ¦ π‘πππ ππππππ π,
π»ππ π‘πππππ βπππ πππβπ‘ ππππ βππ ππππππ¦.
π΅π’π‘ π‘βππ’, ππππ‘ππππ‘ππ π‘π π‘βπππ ππ€π ππππβπ‘ ππ¦ππ ,
πΉπππβπ π‘ π‘βπ¦ πππβπ‘βπ πππππ π€ππ‘β π πππ-π π’ππ π‘πππ‘πππ ππ’ππ,
ππππππ π ππππππ π€βπππ πππ’ππππππ ππππ ,
πβπ¦π πππ π‘βπ¦ πππ, π‘π π‘βπ¦ π π€πππ‘ π πππ π‘ππ πππ’ππ.
πβππ’ π‘βππ‘ πππ‘ πππ€ π‘βπ π€ππππβπ ππππ β ππππππππ‘
π΄ππ ππππ¦ βπππππ π‘π π‘βπ πππ’ππ¦ π πππππ
πππ‘βππ π‘βπππ ππ€π ππ’π ππ’ππππ π‘ π‘βπ¦ ππππ‘πππ‘
π΄ππ, π‘πππππ πβπ’ππ, πππβπ π‘ π€ππ π‘π ππ ππππππππππ.
πππ‘π¦ π‘βπ π€ππππ, ππ πππ π π‘βππ πππ’π‘π‘ππ ππβ
ππ πππ‘ π‘βπ π€ππππβπ ππ’π, ππ¦ π‘βπ ππππ£π πππ π‘βππ.
In this first of many sonnets about the briefness of human life, the poet reminds the young man that time and death will destroy even the fairest of living things. Only if they reproduce themselves will their beauty survive. The young manβs refusal to beget a child is therefore self-destructive and wasteful.
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Richard II (1595) Act III Scene II
π΄ππ πππ‘βπππ πππ π€π ππππ ππ’π ππ€π ππ’π‘ ππππ‘β
π΄ππ π‘βππ‘ π ππππ πππππ ππ π‘βπ ππππππ ππππ‘β
πβππβ π πππ£ππ ππ πππ π‘π πππ πππ£ππ π‘π ππ’π πππππ
King Richard β’
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