“ Neither in inward worth nor outward fair, Can make you live your self in eyes of men. ”
William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Sonnets (1609). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Source | Shakespeare's Sonnets |
| Topic | worth eyes |
| Date | 1609 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1041/1041-h/1041-h.htm |
Context
“And many maiden gardens, yet unset,
With virtuous wish would bear you living flowers,
Much liker than your painted counterfeit:
So should the lines of life that life repair,
Which this, Time's pencil, or my pupil pen,
Neither in inward worth nor outward fair,
Can make you live your self in eyes of men.
To give away yourself, keeps yourself still,
And you must live, drawn by your own sweet skill.
XVII
Who will believe my verse in time to come,
If it were fill'd with your most high deserts?
Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb”
source
