Jul 31, 2015 · Sonnet 67 In this first of two linked sonnets, the poet asks why the beautiful young man should live in a society so corrupt, since his very presence gives it legitimacy. He concludes that Nature is keeping the young man alive as a reminder of the world as it used to be.

‘Sonnet 67,’ also known as ‘Ah, wherefore with infection should he live,’ is number sixty-seven of one hundred fifty-four sonnets that the Bard wrote over his lifetime. It is part of Shakespeare’s famous Fair Youth sequence of sonnets.

Read Shakespeare's sonnet 67 along with a version in modern English: "Ah! wherefore with infection should he live, And with his presence grace impiety

The text and analysis of Shakespeare's sonnet 67. The poet's lover is too good for this cruel world.

Actually understand Shakespeare's Sonnets Sonnet 67. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.

Sonnet 67 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It's a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man and is a thematic continuation of Sonnet 66.

The third party continues in this vein for two sonnets, 67 and 68, discussing the youth in his presence perhaps, and finding philosophic reasons for his special relationship with Nature the creator and preserver.

Sonnet 67 continues the thought of the previous sonnet, and develops a new argument in its reflection upon the poet's contemporary age.

Sonnet 67 in the 1609 Quarto. This sonnet belongs to the sequence Shakespeare wrote in praise of the Fair Youth.

Sonnets 61 - 72 Sonnet 67 : Ah, wherefore with infection should he live,...