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
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139594
¶THey that haue powre to hurt,_and will doe none, 
¶That doe not do the thing,_they most do showe, 
¶Who mouing others,_are themselues as stone, 
¶Vnmooued,_could,_and to temptation slow: 
1400They rightly do inherrit heauens graces, 
¶And husband natures ritches from expence, 
¶They are the Lords and owners of their faces, 
¶Others,_but stewards of their excellence: 
¶The sommers flowre is to the sommer sweet, 
1405Though to it selfe,_it onely liue and die, 
¶But if that flowre with base infection meete, 
¶The basest weed out-braues his dignity: 
¶_For sweetest things turne sowrest by their deedes, 
¶Lillies that fester, smell far worse then weeds. 

141095
¶HOw sweet and louely dost thou make the shame, 
¶Which like a canker in the fragrant Rose, 
¶Doth spot the beautie of thy budding name? 
¶Oh in what sweets doest thou thy sinnes inclose! 
1415That tongue that tells the story of thy daies, 
¶(Making lasciuious comments on thy sport) 
¶Cannot dispraise,_but in a kinde of praise, 
¶Naming thy name, blesses an ill report. 
¶Oh what a mansion haue those vices got, 
1420Which for their habitation chose out thee, 
¶Where beauties vaile doth couer euery blot, 
¶And all things turnes to faire,_that eies can see! 
¶_Take heed(deare heart)of this large priuiledge, 
¶The hardest knife ill vs'd doth loose his edge. 

142596
¶SOme say thy fault is youth,_some wantonesse, 
¶Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport, 
¶Both grace and faults are lou'd of more and lesse: 
¶Thou makst faults graces,_that to thee resort: 
1430As on the finger of a throned Queene, 
¶The basest Iewell wil be well esteem'd: 
¶So are those errors that in thee are seene, 
¶To truths translated,_and for true things deem'd. 
¶How many Lambs might the sterne Wolfe betray, 
1435If like a Lambe he could his lookes translate. 
¶How many gazers mighst thou lead away, 
¶If thou wouldst vse the strength of all thy state? 
¶_But doe not so,_I loue thee in such sort, 
¶As thou being mine,_mine is thy good report. 

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