Silvia

By William Shakespeare

1564-1616


WHO is Silvia? What is she?
         That all our swains commend her?
Holy, fair, and wise is she;
         The heaven such grace did lend her,
That she might admired be.

Is she kind as she is fair?
         For beauty lives with kindness:
Love doth to her eyes repair,
         To help him of his blindness;
And, being help'd, inhabits there.

Then to Silvia let us sing,
         That Silvia is excelling;
She excels each mortal thing
         Upon the dull earth dwelling:
To her let us garlands bring.

DayPoems Poem No. 125
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