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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  18. 49 — 51
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  20. 55 — 57
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  33. 94 — 96
  34. 97 — 99
  35. 100 — 102
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  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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103570
¶THat thou are blam'd shall not be thy defect, 
¶For slanders marke was euer yet the faire, 
¶The ornament of beauty is suspect, 
¶A Crow that flies in heauens sweetest ayre. 
1040So thou be good,_slander doth but approue, 
¶Their worth the greater beeing woo'd of time, 
¶For Canker vice the sweetest buds doth loue, 
¶And thou present'st a pure vnstayined prime. 
¶Thou hast past by the ambush of young daies, 
1045Either not assayld,_or victor beeing charg'd, 
¶Yet this thy praise cannot be soe thy praise, 
¶To tye vp enuy,_euermore inlarged, 
¶_If some suspect of ill maskt not thy show, 
¶Then thou alone kingdomes of hearts shouldst owe. 

10507I
¶NOe Longer mourne for me when I am dead,
¶Then you shall heare the surly sullen bell 
¶Giue warning to the world that I am fled 
¶From this vile world with vildest wormes to dwell: 
1055Nay if you read this line,_remember not, 
¶The hand that writ it,_for I loue you so, 
¶That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, 
¶If thinking on me then should make you woe. 
¶O if(I say)you looke vpon this verse, 
1060When I (perhaps) compounded am with clay, 
¶Do not so much as my poore name reherse; 
¶But let your loue euen with my life decay. 
¶_Least the wise world should looke into your mone, 
¶And mocke you with me after I am gon. 

106572
¶O Least the world should taske you to recite, 
¶What merit liu'd in me that you should loue 
¶After my death(deare loue)for get me quite, 
¶For you in me can nothing worthy proue. 
1070Vnlesse you would deuise some vertuous lye, 
¶To doe more for me then mine owne desert, 
¶And hang more praise vpon deceased I, 
¶Then nigard truth would willingly impart:
¶O least your true loue may seeme falce in this, 
1075That you for loue speake well of me vntrue, 
¶My name be buried where my body is, 
¶And liue no more to shame nor me,_nor you. 
¶_For I am shamd by that which I bring forth, 
¶And so should you,_to loue things nothing worth. 

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