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«As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou growest In one of thine, from that which thou […]

Sonnet 11

«For shame deny that thou bear’st love to any, Who for thyself art so unprovident». Sonnet 10 repeats […]

«Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye That thou consumest thyself in single life?». The poet […]

«Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly? Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy». In […]

«Lo! in the orient when the gracious light Lifts up his burning head, each under eye». The poet […]

«Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill’d». Sonnet 6 continues the […]

«Those hours, that with gentle work did frame The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell». Sonnet 5 […]

«Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend Upon thyself thy beauty’s legacy?». The themes of narcissism and usury (meant […]

«Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewest Now is the time that face should form […]

«When forty winters shall beseige thy brow, And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field,». Sonnet 2 continues […]

«From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty’s rose might never die». Shakespeare begins his sonnets by […]