Sonnet XXXIV, by
William Shakespeare
Why didst thou
promise such a
beauteous day
And make me travel forth without my cloak,
To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way,
Hiding thy brav'ry in their rotten smoke?
'Tis not enough that through the
cloud thou break
To dry the rain on my storm-beaten face,
For no man well of such a
salve can speak
That heals the wound and cures not the
disgrace.
Nor can thy shame give
physic to my grief;
Though thou
repent, yet I have still the loss.
Th'offender's sorrow lends but weak
relief
To him that
bears the strong offence's cross.
Ah, but those tears are pearl which thy love sheds,
And they are rich, and ransom all ill deeds.
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Why does Bill have to go and wuss out in the last couplet of this one? He forgives her just like that? So contrived. He's just trying to get some makeup lovin'. - Ed.