Shakespeare's Sonnets: Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness

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Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness,Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport:Both grace and faults are lov'd of more and less.Thou mak'st faults graces that to thee resort:As on the finger of a thronèd queen,The basest jewel will be well esteem'd,So are those errors that in thee are seen,To truths translated, and for true things deem'd.How many lambs might the stern wolf betray,If like a lamb he could his looks translate?How many gazers might'st thou lead away,If thou would'st use the strength of all thy state? But do not so, I love thee in such sort, As thou being mine, mine is thy good report.

© William Shakespeare