Reading and Writing Module 1 Question 8

The following text is adapted from William Shakespeare's 1601 poem "Sonnet 123." The poem is addressed to time as if it were a human being.

No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change:
Thy pyramids built up with newer might
To me are nothing novel, nothing strange;
They are but dressings of a former sight.
Our dates are brief, and therefore we admire
What thou dost foist upon us that is old,
And rather make them born to our desire
Than think that we before have heard them told.