Love's not Time's fool (9): i.e., love is not at the mercy of Time.
The star's true value can never truly be calculated, although its height can be measured. Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken (8): The subject here is still the north star. Shakespeare again mentions Polaris (also known as "the north star") in Much Ado About Nothing (2.1.222) and Julius Caesar (3.1.65). The star to every wandering bark (7): i.e., the star that guides every lost ship (guiding star = Polaris). Here is my journey's end, here is my butt, 192).īends with the remover to remove (4): i.e., deviates ("bends") to alter its course ("remove") with the departure of the lover.Įver-fixed mark (5): i.e., a lighthouse (mark = sea-mark).īe not afraid, though you do see me weapon'd 'If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined.' Where minds are true - in possessing love in the real sense dwelt upon in the following lines - there can be no 'impediments' through change of circumstances, outward appearance, or temporary lapses in conduct." (Tucker, p.
Tucker explains that the first two lines are a "manifest allusion to the words of the Marriage Service: 'If any of you know cause or just impediment why these two persons should not be joined together in holy matrimony' cf. Then I recant all that I have written, and no man has ever loved.
If I am proved wrong about these thoughts on love Love does not alter with hours and weeks,īut bears it out even to the edge of doom.īut, rather, it endures until the last day of life. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, Within his bending sickle's compass come: Love is not at the mercy of Time, though physical beauty Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Whose value cannot be calculated, although its altitude can be measured. Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love is the guiding north star to every lost ship, That looks on tempests and is never shaken Or bends from its firm stand even when a lover is unfaithful: Which changes when it finds a change in circumstances, True-minded people should not be married. Analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 - the marriage of true minds
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