Sonnet 79 by Shakespeare

Sonnet 79 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It's part of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man.

Synopsis
When the poet wrote of the youth, his verse partook of his the youth's charms. But now his poetry has weakened another poet has taken his place. This poet takes the beauties and virtues of his verse from the youth and returns them to him in the form of poetry. Therefore the youth owes him no thanks for his verse, since he has given it its merits.