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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  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
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  68. 68
  69. 69

130588
¶VVHen thou shalt be dispode to set me light, 
¶And place my merrit in the eie of skorne, 
¶Vpon thy side,_against my selfe ile fight, 
¶And proue thee virtuous,_though thou art forsworne: 
1310With mine owne weakenesse being best acquainted, 
¶Vpon thy part I can set downe a story 
¶Of faults conceald,_wherein I am attainted: 
¶That thou in loosing me shall win much glory:
¶And I by this wil be a gainer too, 
1315For bending all my louing thoughts on thee, 
¶The iniuries that to my selfe I doe, 
¶Doing thee vantage,_duble vantage me. 
¶_Such is my loue,_to thee I so belong, 
¶That for thy right,_my selfe will beare all wrong. 

132089
¶SAy that thou didst forsake mee for some falt, 
¶And I will comment vpon that offence, 
¶Speake of my lamenesse, and I straight will halt: 
¶Against thy reasons making no defence. 
1325Thou canst not(loue)disgrace me halfe so ill, 
¶To set a forme vpon desired change, 
¶As ile my selfe disgrace,_knowing thy wil, 
¶I will acquaintance strangle and looke strange: 
¶Be absent from thy walkes and in my tongue, 
1330Thy sweet beloued name no more shall dwell, 
¶Least I (too much prophane) should do it wronge:
¶And haplie of our old acquaintance tell. 
¶_For thee,_against my selfe ile vow debate, 
¶For I must nere loue him whom thou dost hate. 

133590
¶THen hate me when thou wilt, if euer,_now, 
¶Now while the world is bent my deeds to crosse, 
¶Ioyne with the spight of fortune,_make me bow, 
¶And doe not drop in for an after losse:
1340Ah doe not,_when my heart hath scapte this sorrow, 
¶Come in the rereward of a conquerd woe, 
¶Giue not a windy night a rainie morrow, 
¶To linger out a purposd ouer-throw. 
¶If thou wilt leaue me, do not leaue me last, 
1345When other pettie griefes haue done their spight, 
¶But in the onset come,_so stall I taste 
¶At first the very worst of fortunes might. 
¶_And other straines of woe, which now seeme woe, 
¶Compar'd with losse of thee,_will not seeme so. 

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