Sonnet 56

FAYRE ye be sure1, but cruell and unkind,

As is a tygre, that with greedinesse

Hunts after bloud, when he by chance doth find

A feeble beast, doth felly2 him oppresse.

Fayre be ye sure, but proud and pittilesse,

As is a storme, that all things doth prostrate:

Finding a tree alone all comfortlesse,

Beats on it strongly, it to ruinate.

Fayre be ye sure, but hard and obstinate,

As is a rocke amidst the raging floods:

Gaynst which a ship, of succour desolate3,

Doth suffer wreck both of her selfe and goods.

That ship, that tree, and that same beast am I,

Whom ye doe wreck, doe ruine, and destroy.

注释：1.sure：的确，确实，无疑；必定，一定.

2.felly：残忍地。

3.desolate：没有任何人帮助。