The Thief

Thou robb’st my days of business and delights,

Of sleep thou robb’st my nights ;

Ah, lovely thief, what wilt thou do?

What? rob me of heaven too?

Even in my prayers thou hauntest me:

And I, with wild idolatry,

Begin to God, and end them all to thee.

Is it a sin to love, that it should thus

Like an ill conscience torture us?

Whate’er I do, where’er I go-

None guiltless e’er was haunted so!-

Still, still, methinks, thy face I view,

And still thy shape does me pursue,

As if, not you me, but I had murdered you.

From books I strive some remedy to take,

But thy name all the letters make;

Whate’er ’tis writ, I find thee there,

Like points and commas everywhere.

Me blessed for this let no man hold,

For I, as Midas did of old,

Perish by turning every thing to gold.

What do I seek, alas, or why do I

Attempt in vain from thee to fly?

For, making thee my deity,

I gave thee then ubiquity.

My pains resemble hell in this:

The divine presence there too is,

But to torment men, not to give them bliss.

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Poems in English 

• Шекспир – Уж если ты разлюбишь – Сонет 90 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – У сердца с глазом тайный договор – Сонет 47 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – У бедной музы красок больше нет – Сонет 103 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Ты положи с моей любовью рядом – Сонет 117 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Считать часы и спрашивать – Сонет 58 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – С любовью связан жизненный мой путь – Сонет 92 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Разлука сердце делит пополам – Сонет 39 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Проснись, любовь – Сонет 56 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Про черный день – Сонет 63 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Пример тебе подобной красоты – Сонет 84 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Прекрасный облик в зеркале ты видишь – Сонет 3 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – По совести скажи – Сонет 10 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Но не боюсь и смерть – Сонет 80 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Неужто я, приняв любви венец – Сонет 114 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Не позволяю помыслам ревнивым – Сонет 57 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Мой глаз гравером стал – Сонет 24 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Мои глаза в тебя не влюблены – Сонет 141 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Мне показалось, что была зима – Сонет 97 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Меня не радует твоя печаль – Сонет 34 by William Shakespeare
• Шекспир – Любовь – не кукла жалкая в руках – Сонет 116 by William Shakespeare

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