Shakespeare's Sonnets: Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye

Sonnet 62

Original Text

SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS (London: G. Eld for T. T. and sold by William Aspley, 1609): e1v-e2r.

1Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye

2And all my soul, and all my every part;

3And for this sin there is no remedy,

4It is so grounded inward in my heart.

5Me thinks no face so gracious is as mine,

6No shape so true, no truth of such account,

7And for my self mine own worth do define,

8As I all other in all worths surmount.

11Mine own self-love quite contrary I read;

12Self, so self loving, were iniquity;

13 'Tis thee (my self) that for my self I praise,

14 Painting my age with beauty of thy days.

9] glass] mirror. Back to Line

10] tann'd] sunburnt. Back to Line

Publication Start Year

1609

RPO poem Editors

Ian Lancashire

RPO Edition

2008

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