Sonnet 15
YE tradefull merchants, that with weary toyle,
Do seeke most pretious things to make your gain:
And both the Indias[1] of their treasures spoile[2],
What needeth you to seeke so farre in vaine?
For loe! my loue doth in her selfe containe
All this worlds riches that may farre be found;
If saphyres, loe her eyes be saphyres plaine,
If rubies, loe! hir lips be rubies sound;
If pearles, hir teeth be pearles both pure and round;
If yuorie, her forhead yuory weene[3];
If gold, her locks are finest gold on ground[4];
If siluer, her faire hands are silver sheene[5],
But that which fairest is, but few behold,
Her mind, adornd with vertues manifold.
[1] Indias:指东印度和西印度。
[2] spoile:剥夺；掠夺。
[3] weene:祈使句式。把她的前额想成象牙。
[4] ground:大地，陆地，地面，地上。
[5] sheene:闪闪发光的。
