"For shame deny that thou bear'st love to any,
Who for thy self art so unprovident.
Grant, if thou wilt, thou art beloved of many,
But that thou none lov'st is most evident:
For thou art so possessed with murderous hate,
That 'gainst thy self thou stick'st not to conspire,
Seeking that beauteous roof to ruinate
Which to repair should be thy chief desire.
O! change thy thought, that I may change my mind:
Shall hate be fairer lodged than gentle love?
Be, as thy presence is, gracious and kind,
Or to thyself at least kind-hearted prove:
Make thee another self for love of me,
That beauty still may live in thine or thee"
Line 1
In some editions shame is followed by an exclamatory mark simlar to the phrase "shame on you!"
Line 2
unprovident means unable or failure to provide for the future
modernly known as "Improvident"
Line 3
This line is about a person trying to say that he/she is loved by so many people
Line 4
He speaks now of how obvious it is that the person the sonnet is directed to does not love anybody
Line 5
Murderous hate, I believe, refers to how the one can not love anything, not even family
Line 6
"you find no objection and dont' hesitate"
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Determined to destroy the house/ the family
Line 8
This person should be trying to repair the "house" rather than destroy it
Line 9
Shakespeare wants to change their mind to "repair rather than destroy"
Line 10
Shakespeare is asking why hate has more focues than love
Line 11
"Your behavior allows you to appear graceful, generous, and noble"
Line 12
Must prove that person is really who he/she appears to be
Line 13
Shakespeare is asking a favor. "if you love me, have a child"
Line 14
His beauty can continue to spread through the children
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