< Shakespeare's Sonnets (1923) Yale < Text
For other versions of this work, see Sonnet 91 (Shakespeare).

91

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

3 new-fangled ill: fashionably ugly
5 humour: disposition
adjunct: connected
7 measure: limit (of joy)

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