Sonnets

Sonnet 14

Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck,
And yet I have astronomy,
But not to tell of good, or evil luck,
Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons’ quality,
Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell;
Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,
Or say with princes if it shall go well
By predict that I in heaven find.
But from eyes my knowledge I derive,
And constant stars in them I read such art
As truth and beauty shall together thrive
If from thyself, to store convert:
Or else of this I prognosticate,
end is truth’s and beauty’s doom and date.

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Modern spelling for reading. The edition is public domain in the United States. Edition source.