Compare Thee Not

Compare thee not

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
No, let such comparisons stay at bay!
For if I were to try and fail thus
The Lord himself would cry out in disgust.
For to compare a summers day to thine
Beauty, is true to question the divine.
Nothing is worthy of you or your grace,
Nor of that smile laid upon your face.
Not 'till nor since your birth have you been matched,
Nor for long after your life's been snatched.

-Joshua Kybett