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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  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
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108073
¶THat time of yeeare thou maist in me behold, 
¶When yellow leaues,_or none,_or few doe hange 
¶Vpon those boughes which shake against the could, 
¶Bare rn'wd quiers,_where late the sweet birds sang. 
1085In me thou seest the twi-light of such day, 
¶As after Sun-set fadeth in the West, 
¶Which by and by blacke night doth take away, 
¶Deaths second selfe that seals vp all in rest. 
¶In me thou seest the glowing of such fire, 
1090That on the ashes of his youth doth lye, 
¶As the death bed,_whereon it must expire, 
¶Consum'd with that which it was nurrisht by. 
¶_This thou perceu'st,_which makes thy loue more strong, 
¶To loue that well,_which thou must leaue ere long. 

109574
¶BVt be contented when that fell arest, 
¶With out all bayle shall carry me away, 
¶My life hath in this line some interest, 
¶Which for memoriall still with thee shall stay. 
1100When thou reuewest this,_thou doest reuew, 
¶The very part was consecrate to thee, 
¶The earth can haue but earth,_which is his due, 
¶My spirit is thine the better part of me, 
¶So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life, 
1105The pray of wormes,_my body being dead, 
¶The coward conquest of a wretches knife, 
¶To base of thee to be remembred, 
¶_The worth of that,_is that which it containes, 
¶And that is this, and this with thee remaines. 

111075
¶SO are you to my thoughts as food to life, 
¶Or as sweet season'd shewers are to the ground; 
¶And for the peace of you I hold such strife, 
¶As twixt a miser and his wealth is found. 
1115Now proud as an inioyer,_and anon 
¶Doubting the filching age will steale his treasure, 
¶Now counting best to be with you alone, 
¶Then betterd that the world may see my pleasure, 
¶Some-time all ful with feasting on your sight, 
1120And by and by cleane starued for a looke, 
¶Possessing or pursuing no delight 
¶Saue what is had,_or must from you be tooke. 
¶_Thus do I pine and surfet day by day, 
¶Or gluttoning on all,_or all away, 

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