Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
NOTE: Oh yes, a very popular one indeed. Big Bad Willy, to his dear friends, is one of the most popular poems I have ever had the pleasure to perform. EVERY lady in my groups has nodded or smiled in affirmation that they know this poem or, at least, have heard it time and time again.
"There is no right or wrong, but thinking that makes it so." is THE most popular Shakespeare quote I can think of and one that lives close to my heart. I would highly suggest brushing u- oh your Big Bad Willy because many o' elder know him. I love how he can still stop a room when recited.
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