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Sonnet 81: Or I shall live your epitaph to make by William Shakespeare
Or I shall live your epitaph to make,
Or you survive when I in earth am rotten,
From hence your me..
Sonnet 80: O, how I faint when I of you do write by William Shakespeare
O, how I faint when I of you do write,
Knowing a better spirit doth use your name,
And in the prai..
Sonnet 8: Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly? by William Shakespeare
Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly?
Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy.
Why..
Sonnet 79: Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid by William Shakespeare
Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid,
My verse alone had all thy gentle grace,
But now my gracious..
Sonnet 78: So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse by William Shakespeare
So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse,
And found such fair assistance in my verse
As every alien..
Sonnet 77: Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear by William Shakespeare
Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear,
Thy dial how thy precious minutes waste;
These vac..
Sonnet 76: Why is my verse so barren of new pride? by William Shakespeare
Why is my verse so barren of new pride?
So far from variation or quick change?
Why with the time d..
Sonnet 75: So are you to my thoughts as food to life by William Shakespeare
So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-seasoned showers are to the ground;
And for..
Sonnet 74: But be contented when that fell arrest by William Shakespeare
But be contented when that fell arrest
Without all bail shall carry me away;
My life hath in this..
Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me behold by William Shakespeare
That time of year thou mayst in me behold,
When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang
Upon those..
Sonnet 72: O, lest the world should task you to recite by William Shakespeare
O, lest the world should task you to recite
What merit lived in me that you should love
After my d..
Sonnet 71: No longer mourn for me when I am dead by William Shakespeare
No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to th..
Sonnet 70: That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect by William Shakespeare
That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect,
For slander’s mark was ever yet the fair;
The orname..
Sonnet 7: Lo, in the orient when the gracious light by William Shakespeare
Lo, in the orient when the gracious light
Lifts up his burning head, each under eye
Doth homage to..
Sonnet 69: Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth view by William Shakespeare
Those parts of thee that the world’s eye doth view
Want nothing that the thought of hearts can mend..
Sonnet 68: Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn by William Shakespeare
Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn,
When beauty lived and died as flowers do now,
Before th..
Sonnet 67: Ah, wherefore with infection should he live by William Shakespeare
Ah, wherefore with infection should he live,
And with his presence grace impiety,
That sin by him..
Sonnet 66: Tired with all these, for restful death I cry by William Shakespeare
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,
As to behold desert a beggar born,
And needy nothin..
Sonnet 65: Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea by William Shakespeare
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,
But sad mortality o’ersways their power,
How..
Sonnet 64: When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced by William Shakespeare
When I have seen by Time’s fell hand defaced
The rich-proud cost of outworn buried age;
When somet..
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