SONNET 22	PARAPHRASE
My glass shall not persuade me I am old,	My mirror will never me convince I am old
So long as youth and thou are of one date,	as long as you remain young.
But when in thee time's furrows I behold,	But when I will see you with wrinkles,
Then look I death my days should expiate.	then I will look for my death.
For all that beauty that doth cover thee	For your beauty
Is but the seemly raiment of my heart,	is what 'clothes' my heart,
Which in thy breast doth live, as thine in me.	which lives in you as well as me.
How can I then be elder than thou art?	(If all this above is true) how can I ever be older than you?
O therefore, love, be of thyself so wary	Therefore, my love, take care of yourself,
As I, not for myself, but for thee will,	as I, not for myself, but for you will care for myself,
Bearing thy heart, which I will keep so chary	your heart is in me, which I will watch over carefully
As tender nurse her babe from faring ill.	as a loving nurse protects an infant from illness.
Presume not on thy heart when mine is slain.	Be careful of your own heart if you stop loving me,
Thou gavest me thine, not to give back again.	you gave me yours, never to give back.