«Let those who are in favour with their stars Of public honour and proud titles boast». In Sonnet […] Sonnet 25
«Mine eye hath play’d the painter and hath stell’d Thy beauty’s form in table of my heart». When […] Sonnet 24
«As an unperfect actor on the stage Who with his fear is put besides his part». Most of […] Sonnet 23
«A woman’s face with Nature’s own hand painted Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion». In this crucial, […] Sonnet 20
«Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws, And make the earth devour her own sweet brood». In Sonnet […] Sonnet 19
«Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate». One of the […] Sonnet 18
«Who will believe my verse in time to come, If it were fill’d with your most high deserts?». […] Sonnet 17
«But wherefore do not you a mightier way Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time?». Sonnet 16 continues […] Sonnet 16
«When I consider every thing that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment,». In Sonnet 15‘s first […] Sonnet 15
«Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy,». Sonnet 13 depends […] Sonnet 14
«O, that you were yourself! but, love, you are No longer yours than you yourself here live». Sonnet […] Sonnet 13