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SONNET 7Lo, in the orient when the gracious lightLifts up his burning head, each under eye Doth homage to his new-appearing sight, Serving with looks his sacred majesty; And having climb'd the steep-up heavenly hill, Resembling strong youth in his middle age, yet mortal looks adore his beauty still, Attending on his golden pilgrimage; But when from high-most pitch, with weary car, Like feeble age, he reeleth from the day, The eyes, 'fore duteous, now converted are From his low tract and look another way: So thou, thyself outgoing in thy noon, Unlook'd on diest, unless thou get a son. Notes The theme of the previous sonnets continues as the poet urges his young friend to have children. The poet argues that, just as the sun loses its admirers after it has reached its zenith, so too will the young man lose the attention of his friends once he is past his prime. He will die unnoticed unless he has a son. orient (1): the east. See also 2 Henry IV: From the orient to the drooping west,gracious (1): benevolent. each under eye (2): the eyes of all those beneath him. high-most pitch (9): highest elevation. car (9): chariot. reeleth from the day (10): plunges downward. converted (11): turned away. tract (12): course. out-going...noon (13): i.e. passing beyond your prime. Paraphrase and Analysis of Sonnet 7 How to cite this article:______ Even More...  Stratford School Days: What Did Shakespeare Read? Games in Shakespeare's England [A-L] Games in Shakespeare's England [M-Z] An Elizabethan Christmas Clothing in Elizabethan England Queen Elizabeth: Shakespeare's Patron King James I of England: Shakespeare's Patron The Earl of Southampton: Shakespeare's Patron Going to a Play in Elizabethan London Ben Jonson and the Decline of the Drama Publishing in Elizabethan England Shakespeare's Audience Religion in Shakespeare's England Alchemy and Astrology in Shakespeare's Day Entertainment in Elizabethan England London's First Public Playhouse Shakespeare Hits the Big Time
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