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Sonnet 26 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and is a part of the Fair Youth sequence. The sonnet is generally regarded as the end-point or culmination of the group of five preceding poems.
Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage. Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, To thee I send this written embassage, To witness duty, not to show my wit: Duty so great, which wit so poor as mine. May make seem bare, in wanting words to show it, But that I hope some good conceit of thine.
Translation. Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, To thee I send this written embassage, To witness duty, not to show my wit. 5 Duty so great, which wit so poor as mine May make seem bare, in wanting words to show it, But that I hope some good conceit of thine In thy soul’s thought, all naked, will ...
Read Shakespeare’s Sonnet 26, ‘Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage,’ with a summary and complete analysis of the poem.
Sonnet 26 Lyrics. Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage. Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, To thee I send this written embassage, To witness duty, not to show my wit: Duty so great,...
SONNET 26. Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage. Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, To thee I send this written ambassage, To witness duty, not to show my wit. Duty so great, which wit so poor as mine. May make seem bare, in wanting words to show it, But that I hope some good conceit of thine. In thy soul's thought, all naked, will bestow it:
1 Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage 2 Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, 3 To thee I send this written embassage, 4 To witness duty, not to show my wit: 5 Duty so great, which wit so poor as mine 6 May make seem bare, in wanting words to show it, 7 But that I hope some good conceit of thine
