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SONNET 96Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness;Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport; Both grace and faults are loved of more and less; Thou makest faults graces that to thee resort. As on the finger of a throned queen The basest jewel will be well esteem'd, So are those errors that in thee are seen To truths translated and for true things deem'd. How many lambs might the stem wolf betray, If like a lamb he could his looks translate! How many gazers mightst thou lead away, If thou would'st use the strength of all thy state! But do not so; I love thee in such sort As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report. NOTES XCVI. Enlarges on the transfigurement of Mr. W. H.'s vices, and adverts in conclusion to the dangerous and seductive influence of his example. Even his faults are loved and admired. 1, 2. What some speak of as thy "fault" and "wantonness," others describe as "grace" and "gentle sport." 3. Are lov'd of more and less. By persons of all sorts. First Part of King Henry IV., Act iv. sc. 3, line 68, "The more and less came in with cap and knee." 7, 8. So are those errors to truths translated. So are those vices changed to virtues. 10. If he could transform his appearance into that of a lamb. 12. The strength of all thy state. All the power of thy noble beauty. 13, 14. The leading many others astray might result in a reputation incurably bad. These lines are repeated from xxxvi. How to cite this article:______ Even More...  Stratford School Days: What Did Shakespeare Read? Games in Shakespeare's England [A-L] Games in Shakespeare's England [M-Z] An Elizabethan Christmas Clothing in Elizabethan England Queen Elizabeth: Shakespeare's Patron King James I of England: Shakespeare's Patron The Earl of Southampton: Shakespeare's Patron Going to a Play in Elizabethan London Ben Jonson and the Decline of the Drama Religion in Shakespeare's England Alchemy and Astrology in Shakespeare's Day Entertainment in Elizabethan England London's First Public Playhouse Shakespeare Hits the Big Time
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