Loe in the Orient when the gracious light, Shakespeare: Summary & Analysis

Sonnet 7: "Loe in the Orient when the gracious light" is a Shakespearean sonnet that continues to explore the theme of aging and the passage of time. The speaker draws a parallel between the rising and setting of the sun and the stages of life. The poem advises the subject to have a child to carry on their legacy, as a way to defy the effects of time and death. Sonnet 7: "Loe in the Orient when the gracious light" Original Text Lo! in the orient when the gracious light Lifts up his burning head, each under eye Doth homage to his new-appearing sight, Serving with looks his sacred majesty; And having climbed 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 highmost 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 Unlooked on diest un…