101. Take, O Take. William Shakespeare. 1909-14. English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics

English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

101. Take, O Take

William Shakespeare (1564–1616)


TAKE, O take those lips away
That so sweetly were forsworn,
And those eyes, the break of day,
Lights that do mislead the morn:
But my kisses bring again,	5
Bring again—
Seals of love, but seal’d in vain,
Seal’d in vain!