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Sonnet 151: Love is too young to know what conscience is
Sonnet 151: Love is too young to know what conscience is
Love is too young to know what conscience is;
Yet who knows not conscience is born of love?
Then…
Sonnet 15: When I consider every thing that grows
Sonnet 15: When I consider every thing that grows
When I consider every thing that grows
Holds in perfection but a little moment.
That this huge stage pr…
Sonnet 149: Canst thou, O cruel, say I love thee not
Sonnet 149: Canst thou, O cruel, say I love thee not
Canst thou, O cruel, say I love thee not,
When I against my self with thee partake?
Do I not think o…
Sonnet 147: My love is as a fever, longing still
Sonnet 147: My love is as a fever, longing still
My love is as a fever, longing still
For that which longer nurseth the disease,
Feeding on that which do…
Sonnet 145:
Sonnet 145:
Those lips that Love's own hand did make
Breath'd forth the sound that said I hate
To me that languish'd for her sake:
But when she saw…
Sonnet 146:
Sonnet 146:
Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth,
[……] these rebel powers that thee array,
Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth,
Paintin…
Sonnet 143: Lo, as a careful huswife runs to catch
Sonnet 143: Lo, as a careful huswife runs to catch
Lo, as a careful huswife runs to catch
One of her feathered creatures broke away,
Sets down her babe a…
Sonnet 141: In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes
Sonnet 141: In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes
In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,
For they in thee a thousand errors note;
Sonnet 14: Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck
Sonnet 14: Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck
Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck,
And yet methinks I have astronomy—
But not to tell of g…
Sonnet 139: O, call not me to justify the wrong
Sonnet 139: O, call not me to justify the wrong
O, call not me to justify the wrong
That thy unkindness lays upon my heart
Wound me not with …
Sonnet 137: Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes
Sonnet 137: Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes
Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes
That they behold and see not what they see? <…
Sonnet 135: Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy will
Sonnet 135: Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy will
Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy will,
And Will to boot, and Will in overplus;
More than enough…
Sonnet 131: Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art
Sonnet 131: Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art
Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art,
As those whose beauties proudly make them cruel;
For well thou k…
Sonnet 133: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
Sonnet 133: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
For that deep wound it gives my friend and me!
Sonnet 128: How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st
Sonnet 128: How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st
How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st,
Upon that blessèd wood whose motion sounds
Sonnet 13: O, that you were your self! But, love, you are
Sonnet 13: O, that you were your self! But, love, you are
O, that you were your self! But, love, you are
No longer yours than you yourself here live.
Sonnet 122: Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain
Sonnet 122: Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain
Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain
Full charactered with lasting memory,
Which shall above t…
Sonnet 125: Were't aught to me I bore the canopy
Sonnet 125: Were't aught to me I bore the canopy
Were't aught to me I bore the canopy,
With my extern the outward honouring,
Or laid great bases for eter…
Sonnet 121:Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
Sonnet 121:Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed,
When not to be receives reproach of being;
And the just pl…
Sonnet 12: When I do count the clock that tells the time
Sonnet 12: When I do count the clock that tells the time
When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
When…
Sonnet 118: Like as to make our appetite more keen
Sonnet 118: Like as to make our appetite more keen
Like as to make our appetite more keen
With eager compounds we our palate urge,
As to prev…
Sonnet 115: Those lines that I before have writ do lie
Sonnet 115: Those lines that I before have writ do lie
Those lines that I before have writ do lie,
Even those that said I could not love you dearer;
Sonnet 113: Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind
Sonnet 113: Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind
Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind,
And that which governs me to go about
Doth par…
Sonnet 111: O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide
Sonnet 111: O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide
O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide,
The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds,
That d…