![]() When to the sessions of sweet silent thought That then I scorn to change my state with kings. Haply I think on thee,- and then my state,įrom sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate, įor thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,įeatur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd,ĭesiring this man's art, and that man's scope, When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyesĪnd trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,Īnd every fair from fair sometime declines,īy chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,Īnd summer's lease hath all too short a date: XCVIII (98) From you have I been absent in the spring,ĬII (102) My love is strengthen'd, though more weak in seeming ĬIV (104) To me, fair friend, you never can be old,ĬVI (106) When in the chronicle of wasted timeĬIX (109) O! never say that I was false of heart,ĬXVI (116) Let me not to the marriage of true mindsĬXXIX (129) The expense of spirit in a waste of shameĬXLVI (146) Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, XCVII (97) How like a winter hath my absence been XCIV (94) They that have power to hurt, and will do none, XC (90) Then hate me when thou wilt if ever, now LXXXVII (87) Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, LXXIII (73) That time of year thou mayst in me behold LVII (57) Being your slave what should I do but tend, ![]() LIV (54) O! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem LIII (53) What is your substance, whereof are you made, XXXI (31) Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts, XXX (30) When to the sessions of sweet silent thought XXIX (29) When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes XVIII (18) Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Online Study Guides are at SparkNotes and GradeSaver please preview these for appropriateness. Modern Translations for all of Shakespeare's Sonnets are available from No Fear Shakespeare and are linked below to each Sonnet. Home > By Subject > Poetry > Selected Sonnets by William Shakespeare Selected Sonnets by William Shakespeare
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |