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The Sonnets of William Shakespeare (Wisehouse Classics Edition)
About this book
SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets by William Shakespeare, which covers themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man; the last 28 to a woman. The sonnets were first published in a 1609 quarto with the full stylized title: "SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS. Never before Imprinted." (although sonnets 138 and 144 had previously been published in the 1599 miscellany The Passionate Pilgrim). The quarto ends with "A Lover's Complaint", a narrative poem of 47 seven-line stanzas written in rhyme royal—though some scholars have argued convincingly against Shakespeare's authorship of the poem. The sonnets to the young man express overwhelming, obsessional love. The main issue of debate has always been whether it remained platonic or became physical. The first 17 poems, traditionally called the procreation sonnets, are addressed to the young man urging him to marry and have children in order to immortalize his beauty by passing it to the next generation. Other sonnets express the speaker's love for the young man; brood upon loneliness, death, and the transience of life; seem to criticize the young man for preferring a rival poet; express ambiguous feelings for the speaker's mistress; and pun on the poet's name. The final two sonnets are allegorical treatments of Greek epigrams referring to the "little love-god" Cupid.
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Contents
I: From fairest creatures......
II: When forty winters......
III: Look in thy......
IV: Unthrifty loveliness, why......
V: Those hours, that......
VI: Then let not......
VII: Lo! in the......
VIII: Music to hear......
IX: Is it for......
X: For shame! deny......
XI: As fast as......
XII: When I do......
XIII: O! that you......
XIV: Not from the......
XV: When I consider......
XVI: But wherefore do......
XVII: Who will believe......
XVIII: Shall I compare......
XIX: Devouring Time, blunt......
XX: A woman’......
XXI: So is it......
XXII: My glass shall......
XXIII: As an unperfect......
XXIV: Mine eye hath......
XXV: Let those who......
XXVI: Lord of my......
XXVII: Weary with toil......
XXVIII: How can I......
XXIX: When in disgrace......
XXX: When to the......
XXXI: Thy bosom is......
XXXII: If thou survive......
XXXIII: Full many a......
XXXIV: Why didst thou......
XXXV: No more be......
XXXVI: Let me confess......
XXXVII: As a decrepit......
XXXVIII: How can my......
XXXIX: O! how thy......
XL: Take all my......
XLI: Those pretty wrongs......
XLII: That thou hast......
XLIII: When most I......
XLIV: If the dull......
XLV: The other two......
XLVI: Mine eye and......
XLVII: Betwixt mine eye......
XLVIII: How careful was......
XLIX: Against that time......
...Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- I: From fairest creatures......
- II: When forty winters......
- III: Look in thy......
- IV: Unthrifty loveliness, why......
- V: Those hours, that......
- VI: Then let not......
- VII: Lo! in the......
- VIII: Music to hear......
- IX: Is it for......
- X: For shame! deny......
- XI: As fast as......
- XII: When I do......
- XIII: O! that you......
- XIV: Not from the......
- XV: When I consider......
- XVI: But wherefore do......
- XVII: Who will believe......
- XVIII: Shall I compare......
- XIX: Devouring Time, blunt......
- XX: A woman’......
- XXI: So is it......
- XXII: My glass shall......
- XXIII: As an unperfect......
- XXIV: Mine eye hath......
- XXV: Let those who......
- XXVI: Lord of my......
- XXVII: Weary with toil......
- XXVIII: How can I......
- XXIX: When in disgrace......
- XXX: When to the......
- XXXI: Thy bosom is......
- XXXII: If thou survive......
- XXXIII: Full many a......
- XXXIV: Why didst thou......
- XXXV: No more be......
- XXXVI: Let me confess......
- XXXVII: As a decrepit......
- XXXVIII: How can my......
- XXXIX: O! how thy......
- XL: Take all my......
- XLI: Those pretty wrongs......
- XLII: That thou hast......
- XLIII: When most I......
- XLIV: If the dull......
- XLV: The other two......
- XLVI: Mine eye and......
- XLVII: Betwixt mine eye......
- XLVIII: How careful was......
- XLIX: Against that time......
- L: How heavy do......
- LI: Thus can my......
- LII: So am I......
- LIII: What is your......
- LIV: O! how much......
- LV: Not marble, nor......
- LVI: Sweet love, renew......
- LVII: Being your slave......
- LVIII: That god forbid......
- LIX: If there be......
- LX: Like as the......
- LXI: Is it thy......
- LXII: Sin of self......
- LXIII: Against my love......
- LXIV: When I have......
- LXV: Since brass, nor......
- LXVI: Tired with all......
- LXVII: Ah! wherefore with......
- LXVIII: Thus is his......
- LXIX: Those parts of......
- LXX: That thou art......
- LXXI: No longer mourn......
- LXXII: O! lest the......
- LXXIII: That time of......
- LXXIV: But be contented......
- LXXV: So are you......
- LXXVI: Why is my......
- LXXVII: Thy glass will......
- LXXVIII: So oft have......
- LXXIX: Whilst I alone......
- LXXX: O! how I......
- LXXXI: Or I shall......
- LXXXII: I grant thou......
- LXXXIII: I never saw......
- LXXXIV: Who is it......
- LXXXV: My tongue-tied......
- LXXXVI: Was it the......
- LXXXVII: Farewell! thou art......
- LXXXVIII: When thou shalt......
- LXXXIX: Say that thou......
- XC: Then hate me......
- XCI: Some glory in......
- XCII: But do thy......
- XCIII: So shall I......
- XCIV: They that have......
- XCV: How sweet and......
- XCVI: Some say thy......
- XCVII: How like a......
- XCVIII: From you have......
- XCIX: The forward violet......
- C: Where art thou......
- CI: O truant Muse......
- CII: My love is......
- CIII: Alack! what poverty......
- CIV: To me, fair......
- CV: Let not my......
- CVI: When in the......
- CVII: Not mine own......
- CVIII: What’s......
- CIX: O! never say......
- CX: Alas! ’tis......
- CXI: O! for my......
- CXII: Your love and......
- CXIII: Since I left......
- CXIV: Or whether doth......
- CXV: Those lines that......
- CXVI: Let me not......
- CXVII: Accuse me thus......
- CXVIII: Like as, to......
- CXIX: What potions have......
- CXX: That you were......
- CXXI: ’Tis better......
- CXXII: Thy gift, thy......
- CXXIII: No, Time, thou......
- CXXIV: If my dear......
- CXXV: Were’t......
- CXXVI: O thou, my......
- CXXVII: In the old......
- CXXVIII: How oft when......
- CXXIX: The expense of......
- CXXX: My mistress’......
- CXXXI: Thou art as......
- CXXXII: Thine eyes I......
- CXXXIII: Beshrew that heart......
- CXXXIV: So, now I......
- CXXXV: Whoever hath her......
- CXXXVI: If thy soul......
- CXXXVII: Thou blind fool......
- CXXXVIII: When my love......
- CXXXIX: O! call not......
- CXL: Be wise as......
- CXLI: In faith I......
- CXLII: Love is my......
- CXLIII: Lo, as a......
- CXLIV: Two loves I......
- CXLV: Those lips that......
- CXLVI: Poor soul, the......
- CXLVII: My love is......
- CXLVIII: O me! what......
- CXLIX: Canst thou, O......
- CL: O! from what......
- CLI: Love is too......
- CLII: In loving thee......
- CLIII: Cupid laid by......
- CLIV: The little Love......