Sonnet LVIII: None Other Fame
Sonnet LVIII: None Other Fame None other fame mine unambitious Muse Affected ever but t’eternize thee; All other honors do my hopes refuse, Which meaner priz’d […]
READ MORESonnet LX: Lo, Here the Impost
Sonnet LX: Lo, Here the Impost Lo, here the impost of a faith unfeigning That love hath paid, and her disdain extorted, Behold the message of […]
READ MORESonnet V: Whilst Youth and Error
Sonnet V: Whilst Youth and Error Whilst youth and error led my wand’ring mind And set my thoughts in heedless ways to range, All unawares a […]
READ MORESonnet VI: Fair Is My Love
Sonnet VI: Fair Is My Love Fair is my love, and cruel as she’s fair; Her brow shades frowns, although her eyes are sunny; Her smiles […]
READ MORESonnet VII: O Had She Not Been Fair
Sonnet VII: O Had She Not Been Fair O had she not been fair and thus unkind, Then had no finger pointed at my lightness; The […]
READ MORESonnet VIII: Thou Poor Heart
Sonnet VIII: Thou Poor Heart Thou poor heart sacrific’d unto the fairest, Hast sent the incense of thy sighs to heav’n; And still against her frowns […]
READ MORESonnet X: O Then I Love
Sonnet X: O Then I Love O then I love and draw this weary breath, For her the cruel Fair, within whose brow I written find […]
READ MORESonnet XI: Tears, Vows, and Prayers
Sonnet XI: Tears, Vows, and Prayers Tears, vows, and prayers win the hardest heart: Tears, vows, and prayers have I spent in vain; Tears cannot soften […]
READ MORESonnet XII: My Spotless Love
Sonnet XII: My Spotless Love My spotless love hovers with white wings About the temple of the proudest frame, Where blaze those lights fairest of earthly […]
READ MORESonnet XIII: Behold What Hap
Sonnet XIII: Behold What Hap Behold what hap Pygmalion had to frame And carve his proper grief upon a stone; My heavy fortune is much like […]
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