Jul 31, 2015 · Sonnet 14 As astrologers predict the future from the stars, so the poet reads the future in the “constant stars” of the young man’s eyes, where he sees that if the young man breeds a son, truth and beauty will survive; if not, they die when the young man dies.

Read Shakespeare’s Sonnet 14, ‘Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck,’ with a summary and complete analysis of the poem.

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Read Shakespeare's sonnet 14 with a modern English translation: "Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck". I don't pick my wisdom from the stars, but I think I understand.

Sonnet XIV. Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck; And yet methinks I have Astronomy, But not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality; Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell, Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind, Or say with princes if it shall go well By oft predict that I in heaven find:

Except for love's sake only. Do not say, May be unwrought so. Neither love me for. Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby! Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity. This poem is in the public domain. If thou must love me... (Sonnet 14) - If thou must love me, let it be for nought.

Sonnet 14 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a procreation sonnet within the Fair Youth sequence.