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
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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
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  14. 57 — 61
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  28. 127 — 131
  29. 132 — 136
  30. 137 — 141
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  34. 157 — 161
  35. 162 — 166
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  42. 197 — 199
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¶Once more the engine of her thoughts began.
¶"O fairest mover on this mortal round,
¶Would thou wert as I am, and I a man,
370My heart all whole as thine, thy heart my wound.
¶_For one sweet look thy help I would assure thee,
¶_Though nothing but my body's bane would cure thee."

¶"Give me my hand," saith he. "Why dost thou feel it?"
¶"Give me my heart," saith she, "and thou shalt have it.
375O, give it me, lest thy hard heart do steel it,
¶And, being steeled, soft sighs can never grave it.
¶_Then love's deep groans I never shall regard
¶_Because Adonis' heart hath made mine hard."

¶"For shame," he cries, "let go, and let me go.
380My day's delight is past, my horse is gone,
¶And 'tis your fault I am bereft him so.
¶I pray you hence, and leave me here alone;
¶_For all my mind, my thought, my busy care
¶_Is how to get my palfrey from the mare."

385Thus she replies, "Thy palfrey, as he should,
¶Welcomes the warm approach of sweet desire.
¶Affection is a coal that must be cooled,
¶Else suffered it will set the heart on fire.
¶_The sea hath bounds, but deep desire hath none;
390_Therefore, no marvel though thy horse be gone.

¶"How like a jade he stood tied to the tree,
¶Servilely mastered with a leathern rein;
¶But when he saw his love, his youth's fair fee,
¶He held such petty bondage in disdain,
395_Throwing the base thong from his bending crest,
¶_Enfranchising his mouth, his back, his breast.

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