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Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck, And yet methinks I have astronomy, But not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality ; Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell, Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind, Or say with princes if it shall go well, By oft predict that I in heaven find. But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive, And, constant stars, in them I read such art As - truth and beauty shall together thrive If from thyself to store thou wouldst convert ; Or else of thee this I prognosticate : Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.

This sonnet has the first reference to the plague that raged in these years 1592 and 1593. L. 9 is closely paralleled in Love's Labour's Lost, of 1593-4, IV. iii. 3so : ' From women's eyes this doctrine I derive'. JI 15 When I consider every thing that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment, That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows Whereon the stars in secret influence comment ; When I perceive that men as plants increase, Cheered and checked even by the self-same sky, Vaunt in their youthful sap, at height decrease, And wear their brave state out of memory : Then the conceit of this inconstant stay Sets you most rich in youth before my sight, Where wasteful Time debateth with Decay, To change your day of youth to sullied night : And all in war with Time for love of you, As he takes from you, I engraft you new.

Herein lives wisdom, beauty, and increase, Without this, folly, age, and cold decay: If all were minded so the times should cease And threescore year would make the world away. Let those whom nature hath not made for store, Harsh, featureless and rude, barrenly perish : Look, whom she best endowed she gave the more, Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish : She carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die. 24 II As fast as you wane so will you grow in a child of yours, from that which you planted : the fresh blood you gave you may still call yours when youth departs.

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