Shake-speares Sonnets (Quarto 1, 1609)

Author: William Shakespeare

Editors: Hardy M. Cook, Ian Lancashire

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The Sonnets (Modern)
- Work
- Poem
  1. Dedication
  2. 1 — 3
  3. 4 — 6
  4. 7 — 9
  5. 10 — 12
  6. 13 — 15
  7. 16 — 18
  8. 19 — 21
  9. 22 — 24
  10. 25 — 27
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  46. 133 — 135
  47. 136 — 138
  48. 139 — 141
  49. 142 — 144
  50. 145 — 147
  51. 148 — 150
  52. 151 — 153
  53. 154
Shake-speares Sonnets (Quarto 1, 1609)
- Work
- Poem
  1. Titlepage
  2. Dedication
  3. 1 — 3
  4. 4 — 6
  5. 7 — 9
  6. 10 — 12
  7. 13 — 15
  8. 16 — 18
  9. 19 — 21
  10. 22 — 24
  11. 25 — 27
  12. 28 — 30
  13. 31 — 33
  14. 34 — 36
  15. 37 — 39
  16. 40 — 42
  17. 43 — 45
  18. 46 — 48
  19. 49 — 51
  20. 52 — 54
  21. 55 — 57
  22. 58 — 60
  23. 61 — 63
  24. 64 — 66
  25. 67 — 69
  26. 70 — 72
  27. 73 — 75
  28. 76 — 78
  29. 79 — 81
  30. 82 — 84
  31. 85 — 87
  32. 88 — 90
  33. 91 — 93
  34. 94 — 96
  35. 97 — 99
  36. 100 — 102
  37. 103 — 105
  38. 106 — 108
  39. 109 — 111
  40. 112 — 114
  41. 115 — 117
  42. 118 — 120
  43. 121 — 123
  44. 124 — 126
  45. 127 — 129
  46. 130 — 132
  47. 133 — 135
  48. 136 — 138
  49. 139 — 141
  50. 142 — 144
  51. 145 — 147
  52. 148 — 150
  53. 151 — 153
  54. 154
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135I0
¶FOr shame deny that thou bear'st loue to any 
¶Who for thy selfe art so vnprouident 
¶Graunt if thou wilt,_thou art belou'd of many, 
¶But that thou none lou'st is most euident: 
140For thou art so possest with murdrous hate, 
¶That gainst thy selfe thou stickst not to conspire, 
¶Seeking that beautious roofe to ruinate 
¶Which to repaire should be thy chiefe desire : 
¶O change thy thought,_that I may change my minde, 
145Shall hate be fairer log'd then gentle loue? 
¶Be as thy presence is gracious and kind, 
¶Or to thy selfe at least kind harted proue, 
¶_Make thee an other selfe for loue of me, 
¶That beauty still may liue in thine or thee. 

150II
¶AS fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou grow'st, 
¶In one of thine,_from that which thou departest, 
¶And that fresh bloud which yongly thou bestow'st, 
¶Thou maist call thine,_when thou from youth conuertest, 
155Herein liues wisdome,_beauty,_and increase, 
¶Without this follie,_age,_and could decay, 
¶If all were minded so,_the times should cease, 
¶And threescoore yeare would make the world away: 
¶Let those whom nature hath not made for store, 
160Harsh,_featurelesse,_and rude , barrenly perrish, 
¶Looke whom she best indow'd,_she gaue the more; 
¶Which bountious guift thou shouldst in bounty cherrish, 
¶_She caru'd thee for her seale,_and ment therby, 
¶Thou shouldst print more,_not let that coppy die. 

165I2
¶VVHen I doe count the clock that tels the time, 
¶And see the braue day sunck in hidious night, 
¶When I behold the violet past prime, 
¶And sable curls or siluer'd ore with white : 
170When lofty trees I see barren of leaues, 
¶Which erst from heat did canopie the herd 
¶And Sommers greene all girded vp in sheaues 
¶Borne on the beare with white and bristly beard: 
¶Then of thy beauty do I question make 
175That thou among the wastes of time must goe, 
¶Since sweets and beauties do them-selues forsake, 
¶And die as fast as they see others grow, 
¶_And nothing gainst Times sieth can make defence 
¶Saue breed to braue him,_when he takes thee hence. 

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