Carpe Diem – Full Text Of Poem By William Shakespeare
CARPE DIEM – We are going to read the full text of the poem Carpe Diem which was written by William Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare is known as the known as the “Bard of Avon”, Shakespeare is England’s national poet. Some of his famous literary works are tragedies like “Romeo and Juliet”, “Macbeth”, “Hamlet”, etc. He is, by far, the most famous writer of all time.
According to a D. Reynolds in eNotes, “Carpe Diem” means “seize the day” and is usually associated and used in the context of love. This usually advisers not to wait around, because none of us know how long we have, which is true in any age.
Obviously, its theme is love and its connection to youth.
Here is the full text of the poem uplifted from AllPoetry:
O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear! your true-love’s coming
That can sing both high and low;
Trip no further, pretty sweeting,
Journey’s end in lovers’ meeting—
Every wise man’s son doth know.
What is love? ’tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What’s to come is still unsure:
In delay there lies no plenty,—
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty,
Youth’s a stuff will not endure.
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