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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... sweet self too cruel . Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring Within thine own bud buriest thy content And , tender churl , mak'st waste in niggarding . Pity the world , or else this glutton be ...
... sweet self too cruel . Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring Within thine own bud buriest thy content And , tender churl , mak'st waste in niggarding . Pity the world , or else this glutton be ...
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... sweet self dost deceive . Then how , when nature calls thee to be gone , What acceptable audit canst thou leave ? Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee , Which used lives th ' executor to be . 1 2 23 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ...
... sweet self dost deceive . Then how , when nature calls thee to be gone , What acceptable audit canst thou leave ? Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee , Which used lives th ' executor to be . 1 2 23 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ...
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... sweet some vial ; treasure thou some place With beauty's treasure ere it be self - killed . That use is not forbidden usury . Which happies those that pay the willing loan ; That's for thyself to breed another thee , Or ten times ...
... sweet some vial ; treasure thou some place With beauty's treasure ere it be self - killed . That use is not forbidden usury . Which happies those that pay the willing loan ; That's for thyself to breed another thee , Or ten times ...
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... Sweets with sweets war not , joy delights in joy . Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly , Or else ... sweet husband to another , Strikes each in each by mutual ordering , Resembling sire and child and happy mother Who ...
... Sweets with sweets war not , joy delights in joy . Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly , Or else ... sweet husband to another , Strikes each in each by mutual ordering , Resembling sire and child and happy mother Who ...
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... sweet semblance to some other give. So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination; then you were <Your> self again after yourself's decease When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear. Who lets so fair a ...
... sweet semblance to some other give. So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination; then you were <Your> self again after yourself's decease When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear. Who lets so fair a ...
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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Common terms and phrases
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