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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 66: Tired with all these, for restful death I cry
Sonnet 66: Tired with all these, for restful death I cry
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,
As to behold desert a beggar born,
An…
Sonnet 64: When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced
Sonnet 64: When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced
When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced
The rich-proud cost of outworn buried age;
When some…
Sonnet 63: Against my love shall be, as I am now
Sonnet 63: Against my love shall be, as I am now
Against my love shall be, as I am now,
With Time's injurious hand crushed and o'erworn;
When…
Sonnet 62: Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye
Sonnet 62: Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye
Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye,
And all my soul, and all my every part;
And for this sin th…
Sonnet 60: Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore
Sonnet 60: Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each…
Sonnet 59: If there be nothing new, but that which is
Sonnet 59: If there be nothing new, but that which is
If there be nothing new, but that which is
Hath been before, how are our brains beguiled,
Which, la…
Sonnet 57: Being your slave, what should I do but tend
Sonnet 57: Being your slave, what should I do but tend
Being your slave, what should I do but tend
Upon the hours and times of your desire?
I have no pre…