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Sonnet CIV
Sonnet CIV
To me, fair friend, you never can be old,
For as you were when first your eye I eyed,
Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold
H…
Sonnet CL
Sonnet CL
O, from what power hast thou this powerful might
With insufficiency my heart to sway?
To make me give the lie to my true sight,
And swear…
Sonnet C
Sonnet C
Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long
To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?
Spend'st thou thy fury on some worthless song…
Sonnet CII
Sonnet CII
My love is strengthen'd, though more weak in seeming;
I love not less, though less the show appear:
That love is merchandized whose rich estee…
Sonnet 96: Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness
Sonnet 96: Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness
Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness;
Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport;
Both …
Sonnet 98: From you have I been absent in the spring
Sonnet 98: From you have I been absent in the spring
From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,
Sonnet 94: They that have power to hurt and will do none
Sonnet 94: They that have power to hurt and will do none
They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing, they most do show,
Who,…
Sonnet 93: So shall I live, supposing thou art true
Sonnet 93: So shall I live, supposing thou art true
So shall I live, supposing thou art true,
Like a deceived husband; so love's face
May still seem love…
Sonnet 9: Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye
Sonnet 9: Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye
Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye,
That thou consum'st thy self in single life?
Ah, if thou issueless sha…
Sonnet 91: Some glory in their birth, some in their skill
Sonnet 91: Some glory in their birth, some in their skill
Some glory in their birth, some in their skill,
Some in their wealth, some in their body's forc…
Sonnet 86: Was it the proud full sail of his great verse
Sonnet 86: Was it the proud full sail of his great verse
Was it the proud full sail of his great verse,
Bound for the prize of all-too-precious you,
That…
Sonnet 88: When thou shalt be disposed to set me light
Sonnet 88: When thou shalt be disposed to set me light
When thou shalt be disposed to set me light
And place my merit in the eye of scorn,
Up…
Sonnet 84: Who is it that says most, which can say more
Sonnet 84: Who is it that says most, which can say more
Who is it that says most, which can say more,
Than this rich praise, that you alone, are you,
In …
Sonnet 83: I never saw that you did painting need
Sonnet 83: I never saw that you did painting need
I never saw that you did painting need,
And therefore to your fair no painting set;
I found, or thought…
Sonnet 81: Or I shall live your epitaph to make
Sonnet 81: Or I shall live your epitaph to make
Or I shall live your epitaph to make,
Or you survive when I in earth am rotten,
From hence your memory de…
Sonnet 8: Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
Sonnet 8: Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy.
Why …
Sonnet 76: Why is my verse so barren of new pride?
Sonnet 76: Why is my verse so barren of new pride?
Why is my verse so barren of new pride?
So far from variation or quick change?
Why with th…
Sonnet 78: So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse
Sonnet 78: So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse
So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse,
And found such fair assistance in my verse
As every alien pen h…
Sonnet 73:
Sonnet 73:
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
B…
Sonnet 74: But be contented when that fell arrest
Sonnet 74: But be contented when that fell arrest
But be contented when that fell arrest
Without all bail shall carry me away;
My life hath in this line …
Sonnet 71: No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Sonnet 71: No longer mourn for me when I am dead
No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the worl…
Sonnet 70:That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect…
Sonnet 70:That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect…
That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect,
For slander's mark was ever yet the fair,
The ornam…
Sonnet 69: Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth view
Sonnet 69: Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth view
Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth view
Want nothing that the thought of hearts …
Sonnet 7: Lo, in the orient when the gracious light
Sonnet 7: Lo, in the orient when the gracious light
Lo, in the orient when the gracious light
Lifts up his burning head, each under eye
Doth homage to hi…