Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET TO SHAKESPEARE, by SARA ALICE HOWARD


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SONNET TO SHAKESPEARE, by                    
First Line: I shall not read you yet (some say I should)
Last Line: I'll read you when I am mature and wise.
Subject(s): Paper


I shall not read you yet. (Some say I should.)
I cannot ask for more than I possess;
I know a girl whose slender body could
Not hold an atom more of loveliness;
I know a boy whose cool, proud head is fair,
Whose lips are strong, eyes -- cold; I know starshine;
Bleak days; black nights. For you I do not care
Lest I become like him with too much wine.
Ten years from now I shall much wiser be;
Of panting eagerness less shall I know;
Then I shall be the blind man made to see
To find the wealth you offer me. This so --
I'll save you 'til this now within me dies;
I'll read you when I am mature and wise.





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