Sonnet 73

That time of the year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those bhoughs which shake against the cold
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang
In me thou seest the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in west
Which by and by black night doth take away
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest
In me thou seest the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes on his youth doth lie
As the death-bed whereon must expire
Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by
This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong
To love that well which thou must leave ere long