The poet admonishes the fair youth, telling him that, in dedicating himself to a single life he makes himself worthless, a nonentity, a nothingness.
Lost youth
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Sonnet 7: Lo! in the orient when the gracious light
By William Shakespeare Lo! in the orient when the gracious lightLifts up his burning head, each under eyeDoth homage to his new-appearing sight,Serving with looks …
Sonnet 5: Those Hours, That With Gentle Work Did Frame
By William Shakespeare Those hours, that with gentle work did frameThe lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,Will play the tyrants to the very sameAnd …
Sonnet 4: Unthrifty Loveliness, Why Dost Thou Spend
By William Shakespeare Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spendUpon thy self thy beauty’s legacy?Nature’s bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,And being frank she lends to …
A Lament
By Percy Bysshe Shelley O world! O Life! O Time!On whose last steps I climb,Trembling at that where I had stood before;When will return the …