Some say his fault is youth, some wantonness...
Sonnet 96Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness;
Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport; Both grace and faults are loved of more and less; Thou makest faults graces that to thee resort. As on the finger of a throned queen The basest jewel will be well esteem'd, So are those errors that in thee are seen To truths translated and for true things deem'd. How many lambs might the stem wolf betray, If like a lamb he could his looks translate! How many gazers mightst thou lead away, If thou wouldst use the strength of all thy state! But do not so; I love thee in such sort As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report. |
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Some people say your problem is you’re just young, some say you’re promiscuous, some say your best points are your youth and fun-loving nature – and in any case people love both your faults and your plus-points because you make even vices seem wonderful when you practice them.
It’s like when a queen wears a jewel: even if it’s not valuable, people will admire it. That’s how bad actions committed by you seem like the right thing to do. A wolf in sheep’s clothing can sneak up on lambs much more easily in his disguise. If you wanted to, and used all your seductive power, what a vast number of people you could seduce!
Don’t do that, though –I love you so completely, we share a reputation.