From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty's rose might never die, But as the riper should by time decease, His tender heir might bear his memory: But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, Feed'st thy light'st flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a famine where abundance lies, Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel. Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring, Within thine own bud buriest thy content And, tender churl, makest waste in niggarding...

Автор: Уильям Шекспир Жанр: Поэзия, Проза Оценка: 4,5 из 5 "Сонеты" - сонеты Шекспира, венец английской лирики эпохи Возрождения. Высочайший из эталонов «высокой поэзии». Стихи, в коих совершенно все. Стихи, опровергающие любые споры о противостоянии в литературе формы и содержания...