Venus and Adonis (Modern)

Author: William Shakespeare

Editor: Hardy M. Cook

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Venus and Adonis (Modern)
- Work
- Stanza
  1. Dedication
  2. 1 — 5
  3. 6 — 10
  4. 11 — 15
  5. 16 — 20
  6. 21 — 25
  7. 26 — 30
  8. 31 — 35
  9. 36 — 40
  10. 41 — 45
  11. 46 — 50
  12. 51 — 55
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  41. 196 — 199
Venus and Adonis (Quarto 1, 1592-3)
- Work
- Stanza
  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. 2 — 6
  4. 7 — 11
  5. 12 — 16
  6. 17 — 21
  7. 22 — 26
  8. 27 — 31
  9. 32 — 36
  10. 37 — 41
  11. 42 — 46
  12. 47 — 51
  13. 52 — 56
  14. 57 — 61
  15. 62 — 66
  16. 67 — 71
  17. 72 — 76
  18. 77 — 81
  19. 82 — 86
  20. 87 — 91
  21. 92 — 96
  22. 97 — 101
  23. 102 — 106
  24. 107 — 111
  25. 112 — 116
  26. 117 — 121
  27. 122 — 126
  28. 127 — 131
  29. 132 — 136
  30. 137 — 141
  31. 142 — 146
  32. 147 — 151
  33. 152 — 156
  34. 157 — 161
  35. 162 — 166
  36. 167 — 171
  37. 172 — 176
  38. 177 — 181
  39. 182 — 186
  40. 187 — 191
  41. 192 — 196
  42. 197 — 199
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  1. 2
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  3. 5
  4. 6
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  6. 8
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  8. 10
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  10. 12
  11. 13
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  29. 31
  30. 32
  31. 33
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  33. 35
  34. 36
  35. 37
  36. 38
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  38. 40
  39. 41
  40. 42
  41. 43
  42. 44
  43. 45
  44. 46
  45. 47
  46. 48
  47. 49
  48. 50
  49. 51
  50. 52
  51. 53
  52. 54
  53. 55

¶"If he be dead, O no, it cannot be,
¶Seeing his beauty, thou shouldst strike at it.
¶O yes, it may; thou hast no eyes to see,
940But hatefully at random dost thou hit.
¶_Thy mark is feeble age, but thy false dart
¶_Mistakes that aim and cleaves an infant's heart.

¶"Hadst thou but bid beware, then he had spoke,
¶And, hearing him, thy power had lost his power.
945The destinies will curse thee for this stroke.
¶They bid thee crop a weed; thou pluck'st a flower.
¶_Love's golden arrow at him should have fled,
¶_And not death's ebon dart to strike him dead.

¶"Dost thou drink tears, that thou provok'st such weeping?
950What may a heavy groan advantage thee?
¶Why hast thou cast into eternal sleeping
¶Those eyes that taught all other eyes to see?
¶_Now nature cares not for thy mortal vigor
¶_Since her best work is ruined with thy rigor."

955Here overcome, as one full of despair,
¶She vailed her eyelids, who like sluices stopped
¶The crystal tide that from her two cheeks fair
¶In the sweet channel of her bosom dropped;
¶_But through the flood-gates breaks the silver rain,
960_And with his strong course opens them again.

¶O, how her eyes and tears did lend and borrow.
¶Her eye seen in the tears, tears in her eye,
¶Both crystals, where they viewed each other's sorrow,
¶Sorrow that friendly sighs sought still to dry;
965_But like a stormy day, now wind, now rain,
¶_Sighs dry her cheeks, tears make them wet again.

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