Sonnet 82

JOY of my life, full oft for loving you

I blesse my lot, that was so lucky placed:

But then the more your owne mishap I rew,

That are so much by so meane love embased1.

For had the equall2 hevens so much you graced

In this as in the rest, ye mote invent

Som hevenly wit, whose verse could have enchased3

Your glorious name in golden moniment.

But since ye deigned so goodly to relent

To me your thrall, in whom is little worth,

That little that I am, shall all be spent

In setting your immortall prayses forth:

Whose lofty argument, uplifting me,

Shall lift you up unto an high degree.

注释：1.embased：堕落的，被贬低的。

2.equall：公平的，公正的，合理的。

3.enchased：镶嵌。