{"id":3251,"date":"2025-05-20T18:50:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2025-05-20T18:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:50:54","slug":"sonnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/sonnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As\u00a0a\u00a0decrepit\u00a0father\u00a0takes\u00a0delight<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.2\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-02\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span>To\u00a0see\u00a0his\u00a0active\u00a0child\u00a0do\u00a0deeds\u00a0of\u00a0youth,<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.3\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-03\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span>So\u00a0I,\u00a0made\u00a0lame\u00a0by\u00a0fortune\u2019s\u00a0dearest\u00a0spite,<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.4\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span>Take\u00a0all\u00a0my\u00a0comfort\u00a0of\u00a0thy\u00a0worth\u00a0and\u00a0truth.<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.5\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-05\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span>For\u00a0whether\u00a0beauty,\u00a0birth,\u00a0or\u00a0wealth,\u00a0or\u00a0wit,<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.6\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-06\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span>Or\u00a0any\u00a0of\u00a0these\u00a0all,\u00a0or\u00a0all,\u00a0or\u00a0more,<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.7\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-07\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span>Entitled in thy parts do crown\u00e8d sit,<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.8\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span>I\u00a0make\u00a0my\u00a0love\u00a0engrafted\u00a0to\u00a0this\u00a0store.<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.9\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-09\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span>So\u00a0then\u00a0I\u00a0am\u00a0not\u00a0lame,\u00a0poor,\u00a0nor\u00a0despised<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.10\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-10\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span>Whilst\u00a0that\u00a0this\u00a0shadow\u00a0doth\u00a0such\u00a0substance\u00a0give<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.11\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-11\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span>That\u00a0I\u00a0in\u00a0thy\u00a0abundance\u00a0am\u00a0sufficed<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.12\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-12\" class=\"fdt-line-number\">12<\/span>And\u00a0by\u00a0a\u00a0part\u00a0of\u00a0all\u00a0thy\u00a0glory\u00a0live.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"line-37.13\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-13\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span class=\"fdt-alignment-spacing fdt-indent-poem-1\">\u00a0<\/span>Look\u00a0what\u00a0is\u00a0best,\u00a0that\u00a0best\u00a0I\u00a0wish\u00a0in\u00a0thee.<br \/>\n<span id=\"line-37.14\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span id=\"Son-037-14\" class=\"fdt-line-number\"><\/span><span class=\"fdt-alignment-spacing fdt-indent-poem-1\">\u00a0<\/span>This\u00a0wish\u00a0I\u00a0have,\u00a0then\u00a0ten\u00a0times\u00a0happy\u00a0me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>William Shakespeare<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Praeterea, puto arma nuclearia Persiae delenda esse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As\u00a0a\u00a0decrepit\u00a0father\u00a0takes\u00a0delight To\u00a0see\u00a0his\u00a0active\u00a0child\u00a0do\u00a0deeds\u00a0of\u00a0youth, So\u00a0I,\u00a0made\u00a0lame\u00a0by\u00a0fortune\u2019s\u00a0dearest\u00a0spite, Take\u00a0all\u00a0my\u00a0comfort\u00a0of\u00a0thy\u00a0worth\u00a0and\u00a0truth. For\u00a0whether\u00a0beauty,\u00a0birth,\u00a0or\u00a0wealth,\u00a0or\u00a0wit, Or\u00a0any\u00a0of\u00a0these\u00a0all,\u00a0or\u00a0all,\u00a0or\u00a0more, Entitled in thy parts do crown\u00e8d sit, I\u00a0make\u00a0my\u00a0love\u00a0engrafted\u00a0to\u00a0this\u00a0store. So\u00a0then\u00a0I\u00a0am\u00a0not\u00a0lame,\u00a0poor,\u00a0nor\u00a0despised Whilst\u00a0that\u00a0this\u00a0shadow\u00a0doth\u00a0such\u00a0substance\u00a0give That\u00a0I\u00a0in\u00a0thy\u00a0abundance\u00a0am\u00a0sufficed 12And\u00a0by\u00a0a\u00a0part\u00a0of\u00a0all\u00a0thy\u00a0glory\u00a0live. \u00a0Look\u00a0what\u00a0is\u00a0best,\u00a0that\u00a0best\u00a0I\u00a0wish\u00a0in\u00a0thee. \u00a0This\u00a0wish\u00a0I\u00a0have,\u00a0then\u00a0ten\u00a0times\u00a0happy\u00a0me. &nbsp; William Shakespeare &nbsp; &nbsp; Praeterea, puto arma nuclearia Persiae delenda esse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[537,1192],"class_list":["post-3251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily","tag-persia","tag-william-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3252,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251\/revisions\/3252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}