William Shakespeare (ca. 1564-1616)
Shakespeare's Sonnets: Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck
Sonnet 14
1Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck,
2And yet me thinks I have astronomy,
3But not to tell of good, or evil luck,
4Of plagues, of dearths, or season's quality,
5Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell,
6Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,
7Or say with princes if it shall go well
8By oft predict that I in heaven find.
9But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
10And constant stars in them I read such art
11As truth and beauty shall together thrive
12If from thy self, to store thou would'st convert:
13 Or else of thee this I prognosticate,
14 Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.
Notes
5] Neither can I forecast when something will happen.
6] Pointing] Appointing.
8] oft predict] frequent prediction.
Online text copyright © 2012, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.
Original text: SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS (London: G. Eld for T. T. and sold by William Aspley, 1609): b3v-b4r.
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: 2008
Recent editing: 1:2008/8/21
Composition date:
1609
Form: sonnet
Rhyme: ababcdcdefefgg
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