Shakespeare's Sonnets amd PoemsA bestselling, beautifully designed edition of William Shakespeare’s sonnets and poems, complete with valuable tools for educators. The authoritative edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Poems from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -Full explanatory notes conveniently linked to the text of each sonnet and poem -A brief introduction to each sonnet and poem, providing insight into its possible meaning -An index of first lines -Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the sonnets The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu. |
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... hast left behind , When every private widow well may keep , By children's eyes , her husband's shape in mind . Look what an unthrift in the world doth spend Shifts but his place , for still the world enjoys it ; But beauty's waste hath ...
... hast left behind , When every private widow well may keep , By children's eyes , her husband's shape in mind . Look what an unthrift in the world doth spend Shifts but his place , for still the world enjoys it ; But beauty's waste hath ...
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... For beauty's pattern to succeeding men . Yet do thy worst , old Time ; despite thy wrong , My love shall in my verse ever live young . 1 2 23 4 5 6 7 ∞ a 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 20 A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted Hast.
... For beauty's pattern to succeeding men . Yet do thy worst , old Time ; despite thy wrong , My love shall in my verse ever live young . 1 2 23 4 5 6 7 ∞ a 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 20 A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted Hast.
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... Hast thou , the master mistress of my passion ; A woman's gentle heart , but not acquainted With shifting change , as is false women's fashion ; An eye more bright than theirs , less false in rolling , Gilding the object whereupon it ...
... Hast thou , the master mistress of my passion ; A woman's gentle heart , but not acquainted With shifting change , as is false women's fashion ; An eye more bright than theirs , less false in rolling , Gilding the object whereupon it ...
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Contents
Two Sonnets from The Passionate Pilgrim | 155 |
Commentary | 158 |
Sonnet 1 | 171 |
Longer Notes | 191 |
Shakespeares Poems | 191 |
Shakespeares Lucrece | 183 |
Commentary | 189 |
Longer Notes | 388 |
Shakespeares The Phoenix and Turtle | 380 |
Venus and Adonis and Lucrece An Introduction to This Text Shakespeares Venus and Adonis Venus and Adonis | 421 |
Commentary Longer Notes | 428 |
Sonnet 124 | 447 |
Index of First Lines of Shakespeares Sonnets | 451 |
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Antanaclasis beauty beloved beloved's birds blood blush breath cheeks Collatine color dead death deed desire dost doth editors excuse eyes face fair false faults fear fire flowers Folger Shakespeare Library foul give goddess grief hand hast hate hath heart honor kill king kiss language light lips live longer note looks love's Love's Labor's Lost lover Lucrece Lucrece's lust meaning metaphor mind mistress night Ovid painting perhaps phoenix picture pity plays poem poet poet's poetic polyptoton poor praise Priam proud Q corr Q uncorr Quarto quoth rape Roman Sextus Tarquinius sexual shadow Shakespeare Shakespeare's Sonnets shalt shame sight Sonnet 58 Sonnet 99 sorrow soul stain stanza story sweet Tarquin tears thee thine things thou art thought Time's tongue treasure Troy unto Venus and Adonis verse virtue weeping William Shakespeare wordplay words young youth