Soneto 4

Soneto 4, facsímil, 1609
Soneto 4

Unthrifty loveliness why dost thou spend,
Upon thyself thy beauty's legacy?
Nauture's bequest gives nothing but doth lend,
And being frank she lends to those are free:
Then beauteous niggard why dost thou abuse,
The bounteous largess given thee to give?
Profiless usurer why dost thou use
So great a sum of sums yet canst not live?
For having traffic with thyself alone,
Thou of thyself thy sweet self dost deceive,
Then how when nature calls thee to be gone,
What acceptable audit canst thou leave?
Thy unus'd beauty must be tomb'd with three,
Which used lives th'executor to be.

–William Shakespeare

El Soneto 4 es uno de los 154 sonetos escritos por William Shakespeare.

La crítica lo considera uno de los 17 sonetos shakespearianos sobre la procreación y la observación de la destrucción del tiempo y de la belleza.


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