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
  11. 28 — 30
  12. 31 — 33
  13. 34 — 36
  14. 37 — 39
  15. 40 — 42
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  17. 46 — 48
  18. 49 — 51
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  20. 55 — 57
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  34. 97 — 99
  35. 100 — 102
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  38. 109 — 111
  39. 112 — 114
  40. 115 — 117
  41. 118 — 120
  42. 121 — 123
  43. 124 — 126
  44. 127 — 129
  45. 130 — 132
  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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  13. 13
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¶II5
¶THose lines that I before haue writ doe lie, 
¶Euen those that said I could not loue you deerer, 
¶Yet then my iudgement knew no reason why, 
1715My most full flame should afterwards burne cleerer. 
¶But reckening time,_whose milliond accidents 
¶Creepe in twixt vowes,_and change decrees of Kings, 
¶Tan sacred beautie,_blunt the sharp'st intents, 
¶Diuert strong mindes to th'course of altring things: 
1720Alas why fearing of times tiranie, 
¶Might I not then say now I loue you best, 
¶When I was certaine ore in-certainty, 
¶Crowning the present,_doubting of the rest: 
¶_Loue is a Babe , then might I not say so 
1725To giue full growth to that which still doth grow. 

¶II9
¶LEt me not to the marriage of true mindes 
¶Admit impediments,_loue is not loue 
¶Which alters when it alteration findes, 
1730Or bends with the remouer to remoue. 
¶O no,_it is an euer fixed marke 
¶That lookes on tempests and is neuer shaken; 
¶It is the star to euery wandring barke, 
¶Whose worths vnknowne,_although his higth be taken. 
1735Lou's not Times foole,_though rosie lips and cheeks 
¶Within his bending sickles compasse come, 
¶Loue alters not with his breefe houres and weekes, 
¶But beares it out euen to the edge of doome: 
¶_If this be error and vpon me proued, 
1740I neuer writ,_nor no man euer loued. 

¶II7
¶ACcuse me thus,_that I haue scanted all, 
¶Wherein I should your great deserts repay, 
¶Forgot vpon your dearest loue to call, 
1745Whereto al bonds do tie me day by day, 
¶That I haue frequent binne with vnknown mindes, 
¶And giuen to time your owne deare purchas'd right, 
¶That I haue hoysted saile to al the windes 
¶Which should transport me farthest from your sight. 
1750Booke both my wilfulnesse and errors downe, 
¶And on iust proofe surmise,_accumilate, 
¶Bring me within the leuel of your frowne, 
¶But shoote not at me in your wakened hate: 
¶_Since my appeale saies I did striue to prooue 
1755_The constancy and virtue of your loue 

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