Define my weal, and tell the joys of Heav'n; <br />Express my woes, and show the pains of Hell; <br />Declare what fate unlucky stars have giv'n, <br />And ask a world upon my life to dwell; <br />Make known the faith that Fortune could not move; <br />Compare myu worth with others' base desert; <br />Let virtue be the touchstone of my love, <br />So may the heav'ns read wonders in my heart; <br />Behold the clouds which have eclips'd my sun, <br />And view the crosses which my course do let; <br />Tell me if ever since the world begun <br />So fair a rising had so foul a set, <br />And see if Time (if he would strive to prove) <br />Can show a second to so pure a love.<br /><br />Michael Drayton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-lx-define-my-weal/
