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...
Из Шекспира Сонет 21. Не соревнуюсь я с творцом Один! Это странный всё народ! Всё пылает небосвод! И чем дальше, тем всё больше! Невозможно жить так дольше ! Они пишут всё стихи, Чтоб замаливать грехи!...