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5th - E - Sonnet 62

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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SIN OF SELF-LOVE POSSESSETH ALL MINE EYE

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AND ALL MY SOUL, AND ALL MY EVERY PART;

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And for this sin there is no remedy,

It is so grounded inward in my heart.

He is in love with himself. In Christian morality it is the opposite of loving one's neighbour, and hence a sin against Christ's greatest commandment.
My entire soul and every single and individual part of this
sin = the sin of self love.
no remedy - in a general sense it means 'no cure', and figuratively, no way of putting the matter right, no alternative.
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METHINKS NO FACE SO GRACIOUS IS AS MINE,

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No shape so true, no truth of such account;

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AND FOR MYSELF MINE OWN WORTH DO DEFINE,

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AS I ALL OTHER IN ALL WORTHS SURMOUNT.

Methinks = an old word meaning 'I think that...'
gracious = full of grace, beautiful.
No shape so true - no bodily shape as perfect, right, proper, correct
As = to the extent that, so that.
I all other in all worths surmount = I surpass everyone in any and every quality. other is an old plural form. We would say 'others'.
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BUT WHEN MY GLASS SHOWS ME MYSELF INDEED

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BEATED AND CHOPP'D WITH TANNED ANTIQUITY,

MINE OWN SELF-LOVE QUITE CONTRARY I READ;

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SELF SO SELF-LOVING WERE INIQUITY.

tanning in this case does not refer to a sun-tan, but to the operation of tanning or curing leather, which was done in a
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'TIS THEE, MYSELF, THAT FOR MYSELF I PRAISE,

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PAINTING MY AGE WITH BEAUTY OF THY DAYS.

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