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
  16. 43 — 45
  17. 46 — 48
  18. 49 — 51
  19. 52 — 54
  20. 55 — 57
  21. 58 — 60
  22. 61 — 63
  23. 64 — 66
  24. 67 — 69
  25. 70 — 72
  26. 73 — 75
  27. 76 — 78
  28. 79 — 81
  29. 82 — 84
  30. 85 — 87
  31. 88 — 90
  32. 91 — 93
  33. 94 — 96
  34. 97 — 99
  35. 100 — 102
  36. 103 — 105
  37. 106 — 108
  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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  12. 12
  13. 13
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81055
¶NOt marble, nor the guilded monument, 
¶Of Princes shall out-liue this powrefull rime, 
¶But you shall shine more bright in these contents 
¶Then vnswept stone, besmeer'd with sluttish time. 
815When wastefull warre shall Statues ouer-turne, 
¶And broiles roote out the worke of masonry, 
¶Nor Mars his sword, nor warres quick fire shall burne: 
¶The liuing record of your memory. 
¶Gainst death,_and all obliuious emnity 
820Shall you pace forth, your praise shall stil finde roome, 
¶Euen in the eyes of all posterity 
¶That weare this world out to the ending doome. 
¶_So til the iudgement that your selfe arise, 
¶You liue in this,_and dwell in louers eies. 

82556
¶Sweet loue renew thy force , be it not said 
¶Thy edge should blunter be then apetite, 
¶Which but too daie by feeding is alaied, 
¶To morrow sharpned in his former might. 
830So loue be thou,_although too daie thou fill 
¶Thy hungrie eies,_euen till they winck with fulnesse, 
¶Too morrow see againe,_and doe not kill 
¶The spirit of Loue,_with a perpetual dulnesse: 
¶Let this sad Intrim like the Ocean be 
835Which parts the shore,_where two contracted new, 
¶Come daily to the banckes,_that when they see: 
¶Returne of loue,_more blest may be the view. 
¶_As cal it Winter,_which being ful of care, 
¶Makes Sōmers welcome,_thrice more wish'd,_more rare: 

84057
¶BEing your slaue what should I doe but tend, 
¶Vpon the houres,_and times of your desire? 
¶I haue no precious time at al to spend; 
¶Nor seruices to doe til you require. 
845Nor dare I chide the world without end houre, 
¶Whilst I(my soueraine)watch the clock for you, 
¶Nor thinke the bitternesse of absence sowre, 
¶VVhen you haue bid your seruant once adieue. 
¶Nor dare I question with my iealious thought, 
850VVhere you may be,_or your affaires suppose, 
¶But like a sad slaue stay and thinke of nought 
¶Saue where you are , how happy you make those. 
¶_So true a foole is loue,_that in your Will, 
¶_(Though you doe any thing)he thinkes no ill. 

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