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
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  35. 100 — 102
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  38. 109 — 111
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  40. 115 — 117
  41. 118 — 120
  42. 121 — 123
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  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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¶I36
¶IF thy soule check thee that I come so neere, 
¶Sweare to thy blind soule that I was thy Will, 
¶And will thy soule knowes is admitted there, 
2030Thus farre for loue, my loue-sute sweet fullfill. 
¶Will, will fulfill the treasure of thy loue, 
¶I fill it full with wils,_and my will one, 
¶In things of great receit with ease we prooue. 
¶Among a number one is reckon'd none. 
2035Then in the number let me passe vntold, 
¶Though in thy stores account I one must be, 
¶For nothing hold me,_so it please thee hold, 
¶That nothing me,_a some-thing sweet to thee. 
¶_Make but my name thy loue,_and loue that still, 
2040_And then thou louest me for my name is Will. 

¶I37
¶THou blinde foole loue,_what doost thou to mine eyes, 
¶That they behold and see not what they see : 
¶They know what beautie is,_see where it lyes, 
2045Yet what the best is,_take the worst to be. 
¶If eyes corrupt by ouer-partiall lookes, 
¶Be anchord in the baye where all men ride, 
¶Why of eyes falsehood hast thou forged hookes, 
¶Whereto the iudgement of my heart is tide ? 
2050Why should my heart thinke that a seuerall plot, 
¶Which my heart knowes the wide worlds common place? 
¶Or mine eyes seeing this,_say this is not 
¶To put faire truth vpon so foule a face, 
¶_In things right true my heart and eyes haue erred, 
2055_And to this false plague are they now transferred. 

¶I38
¶WHen my loue sweares that she is made of truth, 
¶I do beleeue her though I know she lyes, 
¶That she might thinke me some vntuterd youth, 
2060Vnlearned in the worlds false subtilties. 
¶Thus vainely thinking that she thinkes me young, 
¶Although she knowes my dayes are past the best, 
¶Simply I credit her false speaking tongue, 
¶On both sides thus is simple truth supprest : 
2065But wherefore sayes she not she is vniust ? 
¶And wherefore say not I that I am old? 
¶O loues best habit is in seeming trust, 
¶And age in loue,_loues not t'haue yeares told. 
¶_Therefore I lye with her,_and she with me, 
2070_And in our faults by lyes we flattered be. 

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