Sonnet 52 by William Shakespeare

Written around late 1594. The sonnets were not written in the order in which we know them. They were written between the 1580s and 1603 and put together in the order in which we now know them in 1609 because there were no public theatre performances at that time due to an outbreak of the plague.

So am I as the rich whose blessèd key
Can bring him to his sweet up-lockèd treasure,
The which he will not ev’ry hour survey,
For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure.
Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare
Since, seldom coming, in the long year set
Like stones of worth they thinly placèd are,
Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
So is the time that keeps you as my chest,
Or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hide,
To make some special instant special blessed
By new unfolding his imprisoned pride.
Blessèd are you whose worthiness gives scope,
Being had, to triumph, being lacked, to hope.

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