Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

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William Shakespeare 1564–1616
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Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an ever-fixèd mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

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  1. sally United Kingdom

    i love this poem, shakespeare uses sunch language that just pulls you into the sonnet
    its a beautiful poem which illustrates the true meaning of love.

  2. SOMA KAR India

    yes the poem is very truely said as marriage is not love but love is the marriage it is something that never fades with the time nor even with any ups and down of the struggle of life.it will grow deeper and deeper till the end even after the death. the bond grow stronger with stroms of life with the happy moment and with sad moments too.faith, believe is the key word of love. love is unconditional just a compassionate word,afeeling, that comes deep down from a person's heart. it needs no langugage to express but a feeling

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