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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  18. 49 — 51
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  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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54037
¶AS a decrepit father takes delight, 
¶To see his actiue childe do deeds of youth, 
¶So I , made lame by Fortunes dearest spight 
¶Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth. 
545For whether beauty,_birth,_or wealth,_or wit, 
¶Or any of these all,_or all,_or more 
¶Intitled in their parts,_do crowned sit, 
¶I make my loue ingrafted to this store: 
¶So then I am not lame,_poore, nor dispis'd, 
550Whilst that this shadow doth such substance giue, 
¶That I in thy abundance am suffic'd, 
¶And by a part of all thy glory liue: 
¶_Looke what is best,_that best I wish in thee, 
¶This wish I haue,_then ten times happy me. 

55538
¶HOw can my Muse want subiect to inuent 
¶While thou dost breath that poor'st into my verse, 
¶Thine owne sweet argument,_to excellent, 
¶For euery vulgar paper to rehearse: 
560Oh giue thy selfe the thankes if ought in me, 
¶Worthy perusal stand against thy sight, 
¶For who's so dumbe that cannot write to thee, 
¶When thou thy selfe dost giue inuention light? 
¶Be thou the tenth Muse,_ten times more in worth 
565Then those old nine which rimers inuocate, 
¶And he that calls on thee,_let him bring forth 
¶Eternal numbers to out-liue long date. 
¶_If my slight Muse doe please these curious daies, 
¶The paine be mine,_but thine shal be the praise. 

57039
¶OH how thy worth with manners may I singe, 
¶When thou art all the better part of me? 
¶What can mine owne praise to mine owne selfe bring; 
¶And what is't but mine owne when I praise thee, 
575Euen for this,_let vs deuided liue, 
¶And our deare loue loose name of single one, 
¶That by this seperation I may giue: 
¶That due to thee which thou deseru'st alone: 
¶Oh absence what a torment wouldst thou proue, 
580Were it not thy soure leisure gaue sweet leaue, 
¶To entertaine the time with thoughts of loue, 
¶VVhich time and thoughts so sweetly dost deceiue. 
¶_And that thou teachest how to make one twaine, 
¶By praising him here who doth hence remaine. 

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