The Sonnets

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The Sonnets by William Shakespeare

154 pieces of poetry by Shakespeare.

Contents 1 Dedication to The Sonnets 2 Sonnets 1-10 3 Sonnets 11-20 4 Sonnets 21-30 5 Sonnets 31-40 6 Sonnets 41-50 7 Sonnets 51-60 8 Sonnets 61-70 9 Sonnets 71-80 10 Sonnets 81-90 11 Sonnets 91-100 12 Sonnets 101-110 13 Sonnets 111-120 14 Sonnets 121-130 15 Sonnets 131-140 16 Sonnets 141-150 17 Sonnets 151-154

[edit] Dedication to The Sonnets

TO. THE. ONLIE. BEGETTER. OF.
THESE. INSUING. SONNETS.
MR. W. H. ALL. HAPPINESSE.
AND. THAT. ETERNITIE.
PROMISED.
BY.
OUR. EVER-LIVING. POET.
WISHETH.
THE. WELL-WISHING.
ADVENTURER. IN.
SETTING.
FORTH.
T. T.

[edit] Sonnets 1-10

• Sonnet 1 - From fairest creatures we desire increase
• Sonnet 2 - When forty winters shall besiege thy brow
• Sonnet 3 - Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewest
• Sonnet 4 - Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
• Sonnet 5 - Those hours, that with gentle work did fram
• Sonnet 6 - Then let not winter's ragged hand deface
• Sonnet 7 - Lo! in the orient when the gracious light
• Sonnet 8 - Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
• Sonnet 9 - Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye
• Sonnet 10 - For shame! deny that thou bear'st love to any

[edit] Sonnets 11-20

• Sonnet 11 - As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow'st
• Sonnet 12 - When I do count the clock that tells the time
• Sonnet 13 - O! that you were your self; but, love you are
• Sonnet 14 - Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck
• Sonnet 15 - When I consider every thing that grows
• Sonnet 16 - But wherefore do not you a mightier way
• Sonnet 17 - Who will believe my verse in time to come
• Sonnet 18 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
• Sonnet 19 - Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws
• Sonnet 20 - A woman's face with nature's own hand painted

[edit] Sonnets 21-30

• Sonnet 21 - So is it not with me as with that Muse
• Sonnet 22 - My glass shall not persuade me I am old
• Sonnet 23 - As an unperfect actor on the stage
• Sonnet 24 - Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath steel'd
• Sonnet 25 - Let those who are in favour with their stars
• Sonnet 26 - Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage
• Sonnet 27 - Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed
• Sonnet 28 - How can I then return in happy plight
• Sonnet 29 - When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
• Sonnet 30 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

[edit] Sonnets 31-40

• Sonnet 31
• Sonnet 32
• Sonnet 33
• Sonnet 34
• Sonnet 35
• Sonnet 36
• Sonnet 37
• Sonnet 38
• Sonnet 39
• Sonnet 40

[edit] Sonnets 41-50

• Sonnet 41
• Sonnet 42
• Sonnet 43
• Sonnet 44
• Sonnet 45
• Sonnet 46
• Sonnet 47
• Sonnet 48
• Sonnet 49
• Sonnet 50

[edit] Sonnets 51-60

• Sonnet 51
• Sonnet 52
• Sonnet 53
• Sonnet 54
• Sonnet 55
• Sonnet 56
• Sonnet 57
• Sonnet 58
• Sonnet 59
• Sonnet 60

[edit] Sonnets 61-70

• Sonnet 61
• Sonnet 62
• Sonnet 63
• Sonnet 64
• Sonnet 65
• Sonnet 66
• Sonnet 67
• Sonnet 68
• Sonnet 69
• Sonnet 70

[edit] Sonnets 71-80

• Sonnet 71
• Sonnet 72
• Sonnet 73
• Sonnet 74
• Sonnet 75
• Sonnet 76
• Sonnet 77
• Sonnet 78
• Sonnet 79
• Sonnet 80

[edit] Sonnets 81-90

• Sonnet 81
• Sonnet 82
• Sonnet 83
• Sonnet 84
• Sonnet 85
• Sonnet 86
• Sonnet 87
• Sonnet 88
• Sonnet 89
• Sonnet 90

[edit] Sonnets 91-100

• Sonnet 91
• Sonnet 92
• Sonnet 93
• Sonnet 94
• Sonnet 95
• Sonnet 96
• Sonnet 97
• Sonnet 98
• Sonnet 99
• Sonnet 100

[edit] Sonnets 101-110

• Sonnet 101
• Sonnet 102
• Sonnet 103
• Sonnet 104
• Sonnet 105
• Sonnet 106
• Sonnet 107
• Sonnet 108
• Sonnet 109
• Sonnet 110

[edit] Sonnets 111-120

• Sonnet 111
• Sonnet 112
• Sonnet 113
• Sonnet 114
• Sonnet 115
• Sonnet 116
• Sonnet 117
• Sonnet 118
• Sonnet 119
• Sonnet 120

[edit] Sonnets 121-130

• Sonnet 121
• Sonnet 122
• Sonnet 123
• Sonnet 124
• Sonnet 125
• Sonnet 126
• Sonnet 127
• Sonnet 128
• Sonnet 129
• Sonnet 130

[edit] Sonnets 131-140

• Sonnet 131
• Sonnet 132
• Sonnet 133
• Sonnet 134
• Sonnet 135
• Sonnet 136
• Sonnet 137
• Sonnet 138
• Sonnet 139
• Sonnet 140

[edit] Sonnets 141-150

• Sonnet 141
• Sonnet 142
• Sonnet 143
• Sonnet 144
• Sonnet 145
• Sonnet 146
• Sonnet 147
• Sonnet 148
• Sonnet 149
• Sonnet 150

[edit] Sonnets 151-154

• Sonnet 151
• Sonnet 152
• Sonnet 153
• Sonnet 154

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