The Sonnets

Unthrifty loveliness why dost thou spend, Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy? Nature's bequest gives nothing but doth lend, And being frank she lends to those are free:

不节俭的美丽，你为何要花费，你自己的美丽遗产？大自然的馈赠不是给予，而是借出，她慷慨地借给那些自由的人：

Be not self-willed for thou art much too fair, To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.

不要固执己见，因为你太美丽了，不应该成为死亡的战利品，让蠕虫成为你的继承人：