Sonnet+91

SONNET 91


 * 1) Some glory in their birth, some in their skill,
 * 2) Some in their wealth, some in their bodies' force,
 * 3) Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill,
 * 4) Some in their hawks and hounds, some in their horse;
 * 5) And every humour hath his adjunct pleasure,
 * 6) Wherein it finds a joy above the rest:
 * 7) But these particulars are not my measure;
 * 8) All these I better in one general best.
 * 9) Thy love is better than high birth to me,
 * 10) Richer than wealth, prouder than garments' cost,
 * 11) Of more delight than hawks or horses be;
 * 12) And having thee, of all men's pride I boast:
 * 13) Wretched in this alone, that thou mayst take
 * 14) All this away and me most wretched make.