Sonnet 64. When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced

When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced

The rich-proud cost of outworn buried age

When sometime lofty towers I see down-rased

And brass eternal slave to mortal rage.

When I have seen the hungry ocean gain

Advantage on the kingdom of the shore

And the firm soil win of the watery main

Increasing store with loss, and loss with store.