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Sonnet 22: My glass shall not persuade me I am old
Sonnet 22: My glass shall not persuade me I am old
My glass shall not persuade me I am old
So long as youth and thou are of one date;
But when in thee Ti…
Sonnet 24: “Mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelled…”
Sonnet 24: “Mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelled…”
Mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelled,
Thy beauty's form in table of my heart,
Sonnet 20: A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
Sonnet 20: A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;
Sonnet 2:
Sonnet 2:
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,
Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now,
Will b…
Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake …
Sonnet 16: But wherefore do not you a mightier way
Sonnet 16: But wherefore do not you a mightier way
But wherefore do not you a mightier way
Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time,
And fortif…
Sonnet 153: Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep
Sonnet 153: Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep
Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep,
A maid of Dian's this advantage found,
And his love-kindling…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…