El Soneto 7 es uno de los 154 sonetos escritos por el dramaturgo y poeta inglés William Shakespeare. Está considerado como uno de los sonetos shakespearianos sobre la procreación dentro de la secuencia dedica al Fair Youth.
Primeras nueve líneas del Soneto 7
Soneto 7
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 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 tract and look another way: So thou, thyself out-going in thy noon,
Unlook'd on diest unless thou get a son.