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| TO.THE.ONLIE.BEGETTER.OF. | TO THE ONLY BEGETTER OF | | Sonn.d1 | |
| THESE/INSVING.SONNETS. | THESE INSUING SONNETS | | Sonn.d2 | |
| Mr.W.H. / ALL.HAPPINESSE. | MR. W. H. ALL HAPPINESS | | Sonn.d3 | |
| AND.THAT.ETERNITIE. | AND THAT ETERNITY | | Sonn.d4 | |
| PROMISED. | PROMISED | | Sonn.d5 | |
| BY. | BY | | Sonn.d6 | |
| OVR.EVER-LIVING.POET. | OUR EVER-LIVING POET | | Sonn.d7 | |
| WISHETH. | WISHETH | | Sonn.d8 | |
| THE.WELL-WISHING. | THE WELL-WISHING | | Sonn.d9 | |
| ADVENTVRER.IN. | ADVENTURER IN | | Sonn.d10 | |
| SETTING.FORTH. | SETTING FORTH | | Sonn.d11 | |
| T.T. | T.T. | | Sonn.d12 | |
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| 1 | 1 | | Sonn.1 | |
| FRom fairest creatures we desire increase, | From fairest creatures we desire increase, | creature (n.) created being | Sonn.1.1 | |
| That thereby beauties Rose might neuer die, | That thereby beauty's rose might never die, | | Sonn.1.2 | |
| But as the riper should by time decease, | But as the riper should by time decease, | | Sonn.1.3 | |
| His tender heire might beare his memory: | His tender heir might bear his memory: | | Sonn.1.4 | |
| But thou contracted to thine owne bright eyes, | But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, | contract (v.)betroth, engage | Sonn.1.5 | |
| Feed'st thy lights flame with selfe substantiall fewell, | Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel, | self-substantial (adj.)using substance from one's own body | Sonn.1.6 | |
| Making a famine where aboundance lies, | Making a famine where abundance lies, | | Sonn.1.7 | |
| Thy selfe thy foe, to thy sweet selfe too cruell: | Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel. | | Sonn.1.8 | |
| Thou that art now the worlds fresh ornament, | Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament | | Sonn.1.9 | |
| And only herauld to the gaudy spring, | And only herald to the gaudy spring, | gaudy (adj.)bright, brilliant, shining | Sonn.1.10 | |
| Within thine owne bud buriest thy content, | Within thine own bud buriest thy content, | content (n.)contentment, peace of mind | Sonn.1.11 | |
| And tender chorle makst wast in niggarding: | And, tender churl, mak'st waste in niggarding. | churl (n.)[term of endearment] wretch, miser, villain | Sonn.1.12 | |
| | niggarding (n.)hoarding, begrudging, acting in a mean manner | | |
| Pitty the world, or else this glutton be, | Pity the world, or else this glutton be, | | Sonn.1.13 | |
| To eate the worlds due, by the graue and thee. | To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee. | | Sonn.1.14 | |
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| 2 | 2 | | Sonn.2 | |
| WHen fortie Winters shall beseige thy brow, | When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, | brow (n.)forehead [often plural, referring to the two prominences of the forehead] | Sonn.2.1 | |
| And digge deep trenches in thy beauties field, | And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field, | | Sonn.2.2 | |
| Thy youthes proud liuery so gaz'd on now, | Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now, | livery (n.)uniform, costume, special clothing | Sonn.2.3 | |
| Wil be a totter'd weed of smal worth held : | Will be a tattered weed of small worth held: | weed (n.)garment, piece of clothing | Sonn.2.4 | |
| | tattered (adj.)torn, ragged | | |
| Then being askt, where all thy beautie lies, | Then being asked where all thy beauty lies, | | Sonn.2.5 | |
| Where all the treasure of thy lusty daies; | Where all the treasure of thy lusty days, | lusty (adj.)vigorous, strong, robust, eager | Sonn.2.6 | |
| To say within thine owne deepe sunken eyes, | To say, within thine own deep-sunken eyes, | | Sonn.2.7 | |
| Were an all-eating shame, and thriftlesse praise. | Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise. | thriftless (adj.)useless, worthless, unprofitable | Sonn.2.8 | |
| How much more praise deseru'd thy beauties vse, | How much more praise deserved thy beauty's use, | | Sonn.2.9 | |
| If thou couldst answere this faire child of mine | If thou could'st answer: this fair child of mine | | Sonn.2.10 | |
| Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse | Shall sum my count and make my old excuse, | count (n.)account, reckoning | Sonn.2.11 | |
| | sum (v.)audit, count up, enumerate | | |
| Proouing his beautie by succession thine. | Proving his beauty by succession thine. | succession (n.)inheritance, birthright | Sonn.2.12 | |
| | prove (v.)demonstrate, establish, show to be true | | |
| This were to be new made when thou art ould,. | This were to be new made when thou art old, | | Sonn.2.13 | |
| And see thy blood warme when thou feel'st it could, | And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold. | | Sonn.2.14 | |
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| 3 | 3 | | Sonn.3 | |
| LOoke in thy glasse and tell the face thou vewest, | Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest | glass (n.)mirror, looking-glass | Sonn.3.1 | |
| Now is the time that face should forme an other, | Now is the time that face should form another, | | Sonn.3.2 | |
| Whose fresh repaire if now thou not renewest, | Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest, | | Sonn.3.3 | |
| Thou doo'st beguile the world, vnblesse some mother. | Thou dost beguile the world, unbless some mother. | beguile (v.)cheat, deceive, trick | Sonn.3.4 | |
| | unbless (v.)deprive of a blessing, deny happiness to | | |
| For where is she so faire whose vn-eard wombe | For where is she so fair whose uneared womb | uneared (adj.)unsown, unploughed, untilled | Sonn.3.5 | |
| Disdaines the tillage of thy husbandry? | Disdains the tillage of thy husbandry? | tillage (n.)tilling, cultivation | Sonn.3.6 | |
| | husbandry (n.)farming, land management | | |
| Or who is he so fond will be the tombe, | Or who is he so fond will be the tomb | fond (adj.)foolish, stupid, mad | Sonn.3.7 | |
| Of his selfe loue to stop posterity? | Of his self-love to stop posterity? | | Sonn.3.8 | |
| Thou art thy mothers glasse and she in thee | Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee | glass (n.)mirror, looking-glass | Sonn.3.9 | |
| Calls backe the louely Aprill of her prime, | Calls back the lovely April of her prime. | | Sonn.3.10 | |
| So thou through windowes of thine age shalt see, | So thou through windows of thine age shalt see | | Sonn.3.11 | |
| Dispight of wrinkles this thy goulden time. | Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time. | | Sonn.3.12 | |
| But if thou liue remembred not to be, | But if thou live remembered not to be, | | Sonn.3.13 | |
| Die single and thine Image dies with thee. | Die single and thine image dies with thee. | | Sonn.3.14 | |
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| 4 | 4 | | Sonn.4 | |
| VNthrifty louelinesse why dost thou spend, | Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend | unthrifty (adj.)prodigal, profligate, wasteful | Sonn.4.1 | |
| Vpon thy selfe thy beauties legacy? | Upon thyself thy beauty's legacy? | | Sonn.4.2 | |
| Natures bequest giues nothing but doth lend, | Nature's bequest gives nothing but doth lend, | | Sonn.4.3 | |
| And being franck she lends to those are free: | And being frank she lends to those are free. | free (adj.)liberal, lavish, generous | Sonn.4.4 | |
| | frank (adj.)generous, liberal, bounteous | | |
| Then beautious nigard why doost thou abuse, | Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse | abuse (v.)misuse, maltreat, treat badly, wrong | Sonn.4.5 | |
| | niggard (n.)miser, mean person, skinflint | | |
| The bountious largesse giuen thee to giue? | The bounteous largess given thee to give? | | Sonn.4.6 | |
| Profitles vserer why doost thou vse | Profitless usurer, why dost thou use | usurer (n.)money-lender, one who charges excessive interest | Sonn.4.7 | |
| So great a summe of summes yet can'st not liue? | So great a sum of sums yet canst not live? | | Sonn.4.8 | |
| For hauing traffike with thy selfe alone, | For having traffic with thyself alone, | traffic (n.)trade, commerce, business, merchandise | Sonn.4.9 | |
| Thou of thy selfe thy sweet selfe dost deceaue, | Thou of thyself thy sweet self dost deceive. | deceive (v.)delude, mislead, take in | Sonn.4.10 | |
| Then how when nature calls thee to be gone, | Then how, when Nature calls thee to be gone, | | Sonn.4.11 | |
| What acceptable Audit can'st thou leaue? | What acceptable audit canst thou leave? | audit (n.)account, reckoning [especially: in the face of God] | Sonn.4.12 | |
| Thy vnus'd beauty must be tomb'd with thee, | Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee, | | Sonn.4.13 | |
| Which vsed liues th'executor to be. | Which used lives th' executor to be. | | Sonn.4.14 | |
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| 5 | 5 | | Sonn.5 | |
| THose howers that with gentle worke did frame, | Those hours that with gentle work did frame | frame (v.)fashion, make, form, create | Sonn.5.1 | |
| | gentle (adj.)refined, discriminating, sophisticated | | |
| The louely gaze where euery eye doth dwell | The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell | | Sonn.5.2 | |
| Will play the tirants to the very same, | Will play the tyrants to the very same, | | Sonn.5.3 | |
| And that vnfaire which fairely doth excell: | And that unfair which fairly doth excel: | fairly (adv.)neatly, elegantly, handsomely, beautifully | Sonn.5.4 | |
| | unfair (v.)deprive of beauty, make ugly | | |
| For neuer resting time leads Summer on, | For never resting time leads summer on | | Sonn.5.5 | |
| To hidious winter and confounds him there, | To hideous winter and confounds him there; | confound (v.)destroy, overthrow, ruin | Sonn.5.6 | |
| | hideous (adj.)terrifying, frightful, horrifying | | |
| Sap checkt with frost and lustie leau's quite gon. | Sap checked with frost and lusty leaves quite gone, | lusty (adj.)vigorous, strong, robust, eager | Sonn.5.7 | |
| | check (v.)restrain, stop, hold back | | |
| Beauty ore-snow'd and barenes euery where, | Beauty o'er-snowed and bareness everywhere | oversnow (v.)snow over, make white with snow | Sonn.5.8 | |
| Then were not summers distillation left | Then were not summer's distillation left | | Sonn.5.9 | |
| A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glasse, | A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass, | | Sonn.5.10 | |
| Beauties effect with beauty were bereft, | Beauty's effect with beauty were bereft, | | Sonn.5.11 | |
| Nor it nor noe remembrance what it was. | Nor it nor no remembrance what it was. | remembrance (n.)memory, bringing to mind, recollection | Sonn.5.12 | |
| But flowers distil'd though they with winter meete, | But flowers distilled though they with winter meet, | | Sonn.5.13 | |
| Leese but their show, their substance still liues sweet. | Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet. | leese (v.)lose, fail to preserve | Sonn.5.14 | |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sonn.6 | |
| THen let not winters wragged hand deface, | Then let not winter's ragged hand deface | deface (v.)[heraldry] efface, obliterate, blot out | Sonn.6.1 | |
| | ragged (adj.)rough, harsh | | |
| In thee thy summer ere thou be distil'd: | In thee thy summer, ere thou be distilled: | | Sonn.6.2 | |
| Make sweet some viall; treasure thou some place, | Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place | vial (n.)phial, small bottle, flask | Sonn.6.3 | |
| With beautits treasure ere it be selfe kil'd: | With beauty's treasure ere it be self killed. | | Sonn.6.4 | |
| That vse is not forbidden vsery, | That use is not forbidden usury, | use (n.)profit, interest, premium | Sonn.6.5 | |
| Which happies those that pay the willing lone; | Which happies those that pay the willing loan; | happy (v.)make happy, delight, content | Sonn.6.6 | |
| That 's for thy selfe to breed an other thee, | That's for thyself to breed another thee, | | Sonn.6.7 | |
| Or ten times happier be it ten for one, | Or ten times happier, be it ten for one; | | Sonn.6.8 | |
| Ten times thy selfe were happier then thou art, | Ten times thyself were happier than thou art, | | Sonn.6.9 | |
| If ten of thine ten times refigur'd thee, | If ten of thine ten times refigured thee: | refigure (v.)make a new likeness of, replicate | Sonn.6.10 | |
| Then what could death doe if thou should'st depart, | Then what could death do, if thou shouldst depart, | | Sonn.6.11 | |
| Leauing thee liuing in posterity? | Leaving thee living in posterity? | | Sonn.6.12 | |
| Be not selfe-wild for thou art much too faire, | Be not self-willed, for thou art much too fair | fair (adj.)handsome, good-looking, beautiful | Sonn.6.13 | |
| To be deaths conquest and make wormes thine heire. | To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir. | | Sonn.6.14 | |
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| 7 | 7 | | Sonn.7 | |
| LOe in the Orient when the gracious light, | Lo, in the Orient when the gracious light | gracious (adj.)showing favour, displaying benevolence | Sonn.7.1 | |
| | orient (n.)eastern part of the sky [where the sun rises] | | |
| Lifts vp his burning head, each vnder eye | Lifts up his burning head, each under eye | | Sonn.7.2 | |
| Doth homage to his new appearing sight, | Doth homage to his new appearing sight, | | Sonn.7.3 | |
| Seruing with lookes his sacred maiesty, | Serving with looks his sacred majesty; | | Sonn.7.4 | |
| And hauing climb'd the steepe vp heauenly hill, | And having climbed the steep-up heavenly hill, | steep-up (adj.)precipitous, virtually perpendicular, sudden | Sonn.7.5 | |
| Resembling strong youth in his middle age, | Resembling strong youth in his middle age, | | Sonn.7.6 | |
| Yet mortall lookes adore his beauty still, | Yet mortal looks adore his beauty still, | | Sonn.7.7 | |
| Attending on his goulden pilgrimage: | Attending on his golden pilgrimage: | attend (v.)serve, follow, wait [on/upon] | Sonn.7.8 | |
| But when from high-most pich with wery car, | But when from highmost pitch with weary car | car (n.)carriage, cart, chariot [often of the sun god] | Sonn.7.9 | |
| | pitch (n.)height [to which a bird of prey soars before swooping] | | |
| | highmost, high-most (adj.)highest, topmost | | |
| Like feeble age he reeleth from the day, | Like feeble age he reeleth from the day, | reel (v.)waver, become unsteady, turn suddenly | Sonn.7.10 | |
| The eyes (fore dutious) now conuerted are | The eyes ('fore duteous) now converted are | | Sonn.7.11 | |
| From his low tract and looke an other way: | From his low tract and look another way: | tract (n.)course, process, track | Sonn.7.12 | |
| So thou, thy selfe out-going in thy noon: | So thou, thyself outgoing in thy noon, | | Sonn.7.13 | |
| Vnlok'd on diest vnlesse thou get a sonne. | Unlooked on diest unless thou get a son. | get (v.)beget, conceive, breed | Sonn.7.14 | |
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| 8 | 8 | | Sonn.8 | |
| MVsick to heare, why hear'st thou musick sadly, | Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly? | | Sonn.8.1 | |
| Sweets with sweets warre not, ioy delights in ioy: | Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy: | sweet (n.)sweetness, pleasure, delight | Sonn.8.2 | |
| Why lou'st thou that which thou receaust not gladly, | Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly, | | Sonn.8.3 | |
| Or else receau'st with pleasure thine annoy? | Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy? | annoy (n.)trouble, vexation, distress | Sonn.8.4 | |
| If the true concord of well tuned sounds, | If the true concord of well-tuned sounds | | Sonn.8.5 | |
| By vnions married do offend thine eare, | By unions married do offend thine ear, | | Sonn.8.6 | |
| They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds | They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds | confound (v.)destroy, overthrow, ruin | Sonn.8.7 | |
| | chide (v.), past form chidscold, rebuke, reprove | | |
| In singlenesse the parts that thou should'st beare: | In singleness the parts that thou should'st bear. | part (n.)quality, attribute, gift, accomplishment [of mind or body] | Sonn.8.8 | |
| Marke how one string sweet husband to an other, | Mark how one string, sweet husband to another, | mark (v.)note, pay attention [to], take notice [of] | Sonn.8.9 | |
| Strikes each in each by mutuall ordering; | Strikes each in each by mutual ordering, | | Sonn.8.10 | |
| Resembling sier, and child, and happy mother, | Resembling sire, and child, and happy mother, | | Sonn.8.11 | |
| Who all in one, one pleasing note do sing: | Who all in one, one pleasing note do sing: | | Sonn.8.12 | |
| Whose speechlesse song being many, seeming one, | Whose speechless song being many, seeming one, | | Sonn.8.13 | |
| Sings this to thee thou single wilt proue none. | Sings this to thee: thou single wilt prove none. | | Sonn.8.14 | |
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| 9 | 9 | | Sonn.9 | |
| IS it for feare to wet a widdowes eye, | Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye | | Sonn.9.1 | |
| That thou consum'st thy selfe in single life? | That thou consum'st thyself in single life? | | Sonn.9.2 | |
| Ah; if thou issulesse shalt hap to die, | Ah; if thou issueless shalt hap to die, | hap (v.)happen, take place, come to pass | Sonn.9.3 | |
| | issueless (adj.)childless, without an heir | | |
| The world will waile thee like a makelesse wife, | The world will wail thee like a makeless wife; | wail (v.)bewail, lament, grieve [for] | Sonn.9.4 | |
| | makeless (adj.)mateless, husbandless | | |
| The world wilbe thy widdow and still weepe, | The world will be thy widow and still weep | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.9.5 | |
| That thou no forme of thee hast left behind, | That thou no form of thee hast left behind, | | Sonn.9.6 | |
| When euery priuat widdow well may keepe, | When every private widow well may keep, | | Sonn.9.7 | |
| By childrens eyes, her husbands shape in minde: | By children's eyes, her husband's shape in mind: | | Sonn.9.8 | |
| Looke what an vnthrift in the world doth spend | Look what an unthrift in the world doth spend | unthrift (n.)spendthrift, squanderer, wastrel | Sonn.9.9 | |
| | look what (conj.)whatever | | |
| Shifts but his place, for still the world inioyes it | Shifts but his place, for still the world enjoys it: | | Sonn.9.10 | |
| But beauties waste hath in the world an end, | But beauty's waste hath in the world an end, | | Sonn.9.11 | |
| And kept vnvsde the vser so destroyes it: | And kept unused the user so destroys it. | | Sonn.9.12 | |
| No loue toward others in that bosome sits | No love toward others in that bosom sits | | Sonn.9.13 | |
| That on himselfe such murdrous shame commits. | That on himself such murd'rous shame commits. | | Sonn.9.14 | |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sonn.10 | |
| FOr shame deny that thou bear'st loue to any | For shame, deny that thou bear'st love to any | | Sonn.10.1 | |
| Who for thy selfe art so vnprouident | Who for thyself art so unprovident: | | Sonn.10.2 | |
| Graunt if thou wilt, thou art belou'd of many, | Grant, if thou wilt, thou art beloved of many, | | Sonn.10.3 | |
| But that thou none lou'st is most euident: | But that thou none lov'st is most evident: | | Sonn.10.4 | |
| For thou art so possest with murdrous hate, | For thou art so possessed with murd'rous hate | | Sonn.10.5 | |
| That gainst thy selfe thou stickst not to conspire, | That 'gainst thyself thou stick'st not to conspire, | stick (v.)hesitate, linger, think twice | Sonn.10.6 | |
| Seeking that beautious roofe to ruinate | Seeking that beauteous roof to ruinate | ruinate (v.)reduce to ruins, bring to destruction | Sonn.10.7 | |
| Which to repaire should be thy chiefe desire: | Which to repair should be thy chief desire: | | Sonn.10.8 | |
| O change thy thought, that I may change my minde, | O change thy thought, that I may change my mind! | thought (n.)intention, purpose, design | Sonn.10.9 | |
| Shall hate be fairer log'd then gentle loue? | Shall hate be fairer lodged than gentle love? | gentle (adj.)soft, tender, kind | Sonn.10.10 | |
| Be as thy presence is gracious and kind, | Be, as thy presence is, gracious and kind, | gracious (adj.)showing favour, displaying benevolence | Sonn.10.11 | |
| | presence (n.)appearance, bearing, demeanour | | |
| Or to thy selfe at least kind harted proue, | Or to thyself at least kind-hearted prove: | | Sonn.10.12 | |
| Make thee an other selfe for loue of me, | Make thee another self, for love of me, | | Sonn.10.13 | |
| That beauty still may liue in thine or thee. | That beauty still may live in thine or thee. | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.10.14 | |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sonn.11 | |
| AS fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou grow'st, | As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow'st, | fast (adv.)constantly, firmly, steadfastly | Sonn.11.1 | |
| In one of thine, from that which thou departest, | In one of thine, from that which thou departest, | | Sonn.11.2 | |
| And that fresh bloud which yongly thou bestow'st, | And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st | youngly (adv.)in youth, early in life | Sonn.11.3 | |
| | blood (n.)vital fluid, life-giving juice | | |
| Thou maist call thine, when thou from youth conuertest, | Thou mayst call thine, when thou from youth convertest. | convert (v.)change, transform, alter | Sonn.11.4 | |
| Herein liues wisdome, beauty, and increase, | Herein lives wisdom, beauty, and increase; | | Sonn.11.5 | |
| Without this follie, age, and could decay, | Without this, folly, age, and cold decay: | | Sonn.11.6 | |
| If all were minded so, the times should cease, | If all were minded so, the times should cease, | time (n.)(the) world, (the) age, society | Sonn.11.7 | |
| | mind (v.)purpose, intend, hold an opinion | | |
| And threescoore yeare would make the world away: | And threescore year would make the world away: | make away (v.)put an end to, do away with | Sonn.11.8 | |
| Let those whom nature hath not made for store, | Let those whom Nature hath not made for store, | store (n.)increasing the population, begetting children | Sonn.11.9 | |
| Harsh, featurelesse, and rude, barrenly perrish, | Harsh, featureless, and rude, barrenly perish: | rude (adj.)rough, wild, harsh-looking | Sonn.11.10 | |
| Looke whom she best indow'd. she gaue the more; | Look whom she best endowed, she gave the more, | look whom (conj.)whomsoever | Sonn.11.11 | |
| Which bountious guift thou shouldst in bounty cherrish, | Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish: | bounty (n.)great generosity, gracious liberality, munificence | Sonn.11.12 | |
| She caru'd thee for her seale, and ment therby, | She carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby | | Sonn.11.13 | |
| Thou shouldst print more, not let that coppy die. | Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die. | copy (n.)original, master-copy | Sonn.11.14 | |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sonn.12 | |
| WHen I doe count the clock that tels the time, | When I do count the clock that tells the time, | | Sonn.12.1 | |
| And see the braue day sunck in hidious night, | And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; | brave (adj.)fine, excellent, splendid, impressive | Sonn.12.2 | |
| | hideous (adj.)terrifying, frightful, horrifying | | |
| When I behold the violet past prime, | When I behold the violet past prime, | | Sonn.12.3 | |
| And sable curls or siluer'd ore with white: | And sable curls all silvered o'er with white; | sable (adj.)black | Sonn.12.4 | |
| When lofty trees I see barren of leaues, | When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, | | Sonn.12.5 | |
| Which erst from heat did canopie the herd | Which erst from heat did canopy the herd, | erst (adv.)formerly, once, before | Sonn.12.6 | |
| | canopy (v.)curtain, veil, cover [as if by a canopy] | | |
| And Sommers greene all girded vp in sheaues | And Summer's green all girded up in sheaves | gird up (v.)tie round, truss up | Sonn.12.7 | |
| | green (n.)greenery, grass, vegetation | | |
| Borne on the beare with white and bristly beard: | Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard: | | Sonn.12.8 | |
| Then of thy beauty do I question make | Then of thy beauty do I question make | question (n.)debating, discussion, investigation | Sonn.12.9 | |
| That thou among the wastes of time must goe, | That thou among the wastes of time must go, | | Sonn.12.10 | |
| Since sweets and beauties do them-selues forsake, | Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake, | sweet (n.)sweetness, pleasure, delight | Sonn.12.11 | |
| And die as fast as they see others grow, | And die as fast as they see others grow; | | Sonn.12.12 | |
| And nothing gainst Times sieth can make defence | And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence | | Sonn.12.13 | |
| Saue breed to braue him, when he takes thee hence. | Save breed to brave him, when he takes thee hence. | brave (v.)challenge, defy, confront, provoke | Sonn.12.14 | |
| | breed (n.)children, offspring | | |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sonn.13 | |
| O That you were your selfe, but loue you are | O that you were yourself, but, love, you are | love (n.)very dear friend | Sonn.13.1 | |
| No longer yours, then you your selfe here liue, | No longer yours than you yourself here live: | | Sonn.13.2 | |
| Against this cumming end you should prepare, | Against this coming end you should prepare, | | Sonn.13.3 | |
| And your sweet semblance to some other giue. | And your sweet semblance to some other give. | semblance (n.)appearance, outward show | Sonn.13.4 | |
| So should that beauty which you hold in lease | So should that beauty which you hold in lease | | Sonn.13.5 | |
| Find no determination, then you were | Find no determination, then you were | determination (n.)ending, termination, endpoint | Sonn.13.6 | |
| You selfe again after your selfes decease, | Yourself again after yourself's decease, | | Sonn.13.7 | |
| When your sweet issue your sweet forme should beare. | When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear. | issue (n.)child(ren), offspring, family, descendant | Sonn.13.8 | |
| Who lets so faire a house fall to decay, | Who lets so fair a house fall to decay, | | Sonn.13.9 | |
| Which husbandry in honour might vphold, | Which husbandry in honour might uphold | husbandry (n.)thrift, good economy, careful management | Sonn.13.10 | |
| Against the stormy gusts of winters day | Against the stormy gusts of winter's day | | Sonn.13.11 | |
| And barren rage of deaths eternall cold? | And barren rage of death's eternal cold? | | Sonn.13.12 | |
| O none but vnthrifts, deare my loue you know, | O, none but unthrifts! Dear my love, you know | unthrift (n.)spendthrift, squanderer, wastrel | Sonn.13.13 | |
| You had a Father, let your Son say so. | You had a Father, let your Son say so. | | Sonn.13.14 | |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sonn.14 | |
| NOt from the stars do I my iudgement plucke, | Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck, | pluck (v.)extract, snatch, pull out | Sonn.14.1 | |
| And yet me thinkes I haue Astronomy, | And yet methinks I have astronomy, | methinks(t), methought(s) (v.)it seems / seemed to me | Sonn.14.2 | |
| | astronomy (n.)knowledge of astrology | | |
| But not to tell of good, or euil lucke, | But not to tell of good, or evil luck, | | Sonn.14.3 | |
| Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons quallity, | Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality; | dearth (n.)scarcity, shortage, lack [of food], famine | Sonn.14.4 | |
| Nor can I fortune to breefe mynuits tell; | Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell, | | Sonn.14.5 | |
| Pointing to each his thunder, raine and winde, | Pointing to each his thunder, rain, and wind, | | Sonn.14.6 | |
| Or say with Princes if it shal go wel | Or say with Princes if it shall go well, | | Sonn.14.7 | |
| By oft predict that I in heauen finde. | By oft predict that I in heaven find. | oft (adv.)often | Sonn.14.8 | |
| | predict (n.)prediction, foretelling | | |
| But from thine eies my knowledge I deriue, | But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive, | | Sonn.14.9 | |
| And constant stars in them I read such art | And constant stars; in them I read such art | | Sonn.14.10 | |
| As truth and beautie shal together thriue | As truth and beauty shall together thrive, | | Sonn.14.11 | |
| If from thy selfe, to store thou wouldst conuert: | If from thyself to store thou wouldst convert: | store (n.)increasing the population, begetting children | Sonn.14.12 | |
| Or else of thee this I prognosticate, | Or else of thee this I prognosticate, | | Sonn.14.13 | |
| Thy end is Truthes and Beauties doome and date. | Thy end is Truth's and Beauty's doom and date. | date (n.)limit, term, endpoint | Sonn.14.14 | |
| | doom (n.)final destiny, deciding fate, death and destruction | | |
| | end (n.)death, ending [of life] | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sonn.15 | |
| WHen I consider euery thing that growes | When I consider everything that grows | | Sonn.15.1 | |
| Holds in perfection but a little moment. | Holds in perfection but a little moment, | | Sonn.15.2 | |
| That this huge stage presenteth nought but showes | That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows | | Sonn.15.3 | |
| Whereon the Stars in secret influence comment. | Whereon the stars in secret influence comment; | | Sonn.15.4 | |
| When I perceiue that men as plants increase, | When I perceive that men as plants increase, | | Sonn.15.5 | |
| Cheared and checkt euen by the selfe-same skie: | Cheered and checked even by the selfsame sky, | check (v.)restrain, stop, hold back | Sonn.15.6 | |
| | cheer (v.)encourage, urge on, galvanize | | |
| Vaunt in their youthfull sap, at height decrease, | Vaunt in their youthful sap, at height decrease, | vaunt (v.)exult, rejoice, revel | Sonn.15.7 | |
| And were their braue state out of memory. | And wear their brave state out of memory; | brave (adj.)noble, worthy, excellent | Sonn.15.8 | |
| Then the conceit of this inconstant stay, | Then the conceit of this inconstant stay | conceit (n.)notion, idea, thought | Sonn.15.9 | |
| | stay (n.)staying, remaining, continued presence | | |
| Sets you most rich in youth before my sight, | Sets you most rich in youth before my sight, | | Sonn.15.10 | |
| Where wastfull time debateth with decay | Where wasteful time debateth with decay, | debate (v.)discuss, argue over, dispute about | Sonn.15.11 | |
| | decay (n.)decline, downturn, falling off | | |
| To change your day of youth to sullied night, | To change your day of youth to sullied night; | sullied (adj.)tarnished, blemished, polluted | Sonn.15.12 | |
| And all in war with Time for loue of you | And all in war with Time for love of you, | | Sonn.15.13 | |
| As he takes from you, I ingraft you new. | As he takes from you, I engraft you new. | ingraft, engraft (v.)graft in, insert new growth into | Sonn.15.14 | |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sonn.16 | |
| BVt wherefore do not you a mightier waie | But wherefore do not you a mightier way | | Sonn.16.1 | |
| Make warre vppon this bloudie tirant time? | Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time? | | Sonn.16.2 | |
| And fortifie your selfe in your decay | And fortify yourself in your decay | | Sonn.16.3 | |
| With meanes more blessed then my barren rime? | With means more blessed than my barren rhyme? | | Sonn.16.4 | |
| Now stand you on the top of happie houres, | Now stand you on the top of happy hours, | | Sonn.16.5 | |
| And many maiden gardens yet vnset, | And many maiden gardens yet unset | | Sonn.16.6 | |
| With vertuous wish would beare your liuing flowers, | With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers, | | Sonn.16.7 | |
| Much liker then your painted counterfeit: | Much liker than your painted counterfeit: | counterfeit (n.)likeness, portrait, image | Sonn.16.8 | |
| | like (adj.)same, similar, alike, equal | | |
| So should the lines of life that life repaire | So should the lines of life that life repair, | repair (v.)restore, renew, revive | Sonn.16.9 | |
| Which this (Times pensel or my pupill pen) | Which this (Time's pencil or my pupil pen) | | Sonn.16.10 | |
| Neither in inward worth nor outward faire | Neither in inward worth nor outward fair | fair (n.)fair face, beauty | Sonn.16.11 | |
| Can make you liue your selfe in eies of men, | Can make you live yourself in eyes of men. | | Sonn.16.12 | |
| To giue away your selfe, keeps your selfe still, | To give away yourself keeps yourself still, | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.16.13 | |
| And you must liue drawne by your owne sweet skill, | And you must live drawn by your own sweet skill. | | Sonn.16.14 | |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sonn.17 | |
| WHo will beleeue my verse in time to come | Who will believe my verse in time to come, | | Sonn.17.1 | |
| If it were fild with your most high deserts? | If it were filled with your most high deserts? | | Sonn.17.2 | |
| Though yet heauen knowes it is but as a tombe | Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb | | Sonn.17.3 | |
| Which hides your life, and shewes not halfe your parts: | Which hides your life, and shows not half your parts: | part (n.)quality, attribute, gift, accomplishment [of mind or body] | Sonn.17.4 | |
| If I could write the beauty of your eyes, | If I could write the beauty of your eyes, | | Sonn.17.5 | |
| And in fresh numbers number all your graces, | And in fresh numbers number all your graces, | number (n.)(plural) verses, lines | Sonn.17.6 | |
| The age to come would say this Poet lies, | The age to come would say this poet lies: | | Sonn.17.7 | |
| Such heauenly touches nere toucht earthly faces. | Such heavenly touches ne'er touched earthly faces. | | Sonn.17.8 | |
| So should my papers (yellowed with their age) | So should my papers (yellowed with their age) | | Sonn.17.9 | |
| Be scorn'd, like old men of lesse truth then tongue, | Be scorned like old men of less truth than tongue, | | Sonn.17.10 | |
| And your true rights be termd a Poets rage, | And your true rights be termed a poet's rage | | Sonn.17.11 | |
| And stretched miter of an Antique song. | And stretched metre of an antique song. | stretched (adj.)strained, dislocated, tortured | Sonn.17.12 | |
| | song (n.)poem, set of verses, composition | | |
| | antic, antick(e), antique (adj.)old-fashioned, old-world, antiquated | | |
| But were some childe of yours aliue that time, | But were some child of yours alive that time, | | Sonn.17.13 | |
| You should liue twise in it, and in my rime. | You should live twice, in it and in my rhyme. | | Sonn.17.14 | |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sonn.18 | |
| SHall I compare thee to a Summers day? | Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? | | Sonn.18.1 | |
| Thou art more louely and more temperate: | Thou art more lovely and more temperate: | | Sonn.18.2 | |
| Rough windes do shake the darling buds of Maie, | Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, | | Sonn.18.3 | |
| And Sommers lease hath all too short a date: | And summer's lease hath all too short a date: | date (n.)due date, agreed day [for the end of a contract] | Sonn.18.4 | |
| Sometime too hot the eye of heauen shines, | Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, | sometime (adv.)sometimes, now and then | Sonn.18.5 | |
| And often is his gold complexion dimm'd, | And often is his gold complexion dimmed, | | Sonn.18.6 | |
| And euery faire from faire some-time declines, | And every fair from fair sometime declines, | fair (n.)fair face, beauty | Sonn.18.7 | |
| By chance, or natures changing course vntrim'd: | By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed: | untrimmed (adj.)unadorned, lacking ornament | Sonn.18.8 | |
| But thy eternall Sommer shall not fade, | But thy eternal summer shall not fade, | | Sonn.18.9 | |
| Nor loose possession of that faire thou ow'st, | Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; | owe (v.)own, possess, have | Sonn.18.10 | |
| Nor shall death brag thou wandr'st in his shade, | Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, | | Sonn.18.11 | |
| When in eternall lines to time thou grow'st, | When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st: | | Sonn.18.12 | |
| So long as men can breath or eyes can see, | So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, | | Sonn.18.13 | |
| So long liues this, and this giues life to thee, | So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. | | Sonn.18.14 | |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sonn.19 | |
| DEvouring time blunt thou the Lyons pawes, | Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, | | Sonn.19.1 | |
| And make the earth deuoure her owne sweet brood, | And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; | | Sonn.19.2 | |
| Plucke the keene teeth from the fierce Tygers yawes, | Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws, | | Sonn.19.3 | |
| And burne the long liu'd Phanix in her blood, | And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood; | | Sonn.19.4 | |
| Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st, | Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st, | | Sonn.19.5 | |
| And do what ere thou wilt swift-footed time | And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time, | | Sonn.19.6 | |
| To the wide world and all her fading sweets: | To the wide world and all her fading sweets; | sweet (n.)sweetness, pleasure, delight | Sonn.19.7 | |
| But I forbid thee one most hainous crime, | But I forbid thee one most heinous crime: | | Sonn.19.8 | |
| O carue not with thy howers my loues faire brow, | O carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow, | brow (n.)forehead [often plural, referring to the two prominences of the forehead] | Sonn.19.9 | |
| Nor draw noe lines there with thine antique pen, | Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen; | antic, antick(e), antique (adj.)fantastic, bizarre, weird | Sonn.19.10 | |
| Him in thy course vntainted doe allow, | Him in thy course untainted do allow | allow (v.)approve, sanction, encourage | Sonn.19.11 | |
| | course (n.)habit, custom, practise, normal procedure | | |
| | untainted (adj.)unblemished, unsullied, pure | | |
| For beauties patterne to succeding men. | For beauty's pattern to succeeding men. | pattern (n.)picture, model, specimen, example | Sonn.19.12 | |
| Yet doe thy worst ould Time dispight thy wrong, | Yet do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong, | | Sonn.19.13 | |
| My loue shall in my verse euer liue young. | My love shall in my verse ever live young. | | Sonn.19.14 | |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sonn.20 | |
| A Womans face with natures owne hand painted, | A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted | | Sonn.20.1 | |
| Haste thou the Master Mistris of my passion, | Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion; | passion (n.)passionate outburst, emotional passage | Sonn.20.2 | |
| A womans gentle hart but not acquainted | A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted | gentle (adj.)soft, tender, kind | Sonn.20.3 | |
| With shifting change as is false womens fashion, | With shifting change, as is false women's fashion; | false (adj.)disloyal, faithless, inconstant, unfaithful | Sonn.20.4 | |
| | change (n.)change of mind, changeableness, caprice | | |
| An eye more bright then theirs, lesse false in rowling: | An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, | | Sonn.20.5 | |
| Gilding the obiect where-vpon it gazeth, | Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth; | gild (v.), past forms gilt, gildedbring colour to, brighten, illuminate | Sonn.20.6 | |
| A man in hew all Hews in his controwling, | A man in hue, all hues in his controlling, | hue (n.)appearance, complexion | Sonn.20.7 | |
| Which steales mens eyes and womens soules amaseth. | Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth. | | Sonn.20.8 | |
| And for a woman wert thou first created, | And for a woman wert thou first created, | | Sonn.20.9 | |
| Till nature as she wrought thee fell a dotinge, | Till Nature as she wrought thee fell a-doting, | | Sonn.20.10 | |
| And by addition me of thee defeated, | And by addition me of thee defeated, | defeat (v.)defraud, deprive | Sonn.20.11 | |
| By adding one thing to my purpose nothing. | By adding one thing to my purpose nothing. | purpose (n.)intention, aim, plan | Sonn.20.12 | |
| But since she prickt thee out for womens pleasure, | But since she pricked thee out for women's pleasure, | prick out (v.)choose, select, mark down | Sonn.20.13 | |
| Mine be thy loue and thy loues vse their treasure. | Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure. | | Sonn.20.14 | |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sonn.21 | |
| SO is it not with me as with that Muse, | So is it not with me as with that Muse, | Muse (n.)one of the nine goddesses in Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who gave artistic inspiration; also called the Helicons, as they lived on Mt Helicon | Sonn.21.1 | |
| Stird by a painted beauty to his verse, | Stirred by a painted beauty to his verse, | stir (v.)move, rouse, excite | Sonn.21.2 | |
| Who heauen it selfe for ornament doth vse, | Who heaven itself for ornament doth use, | | Sonn.21.3 | |
| And euery faire with his faire doth reherse, | And every fair with his fair doth rehearse, | fair (n.)fair face, beauty | Sonn.21.4 | |
| Making a coopelment of proud compare | Making a couplement of proud compare | couplement (n.)couple, pair | Sonn.21.5 | |
| | compare (n.)comparison, simile, analogy | | |
| With Sunne and Moone, with earth and seas rich gems: | With Sun and Moon, with earth and sea's rich gems, | | Sonn.21.6 | |
| With Aprills first borne flowers and all things rare, | With April's first-born flowers and all things rare | rare (adj.)unusual, striking, exceptional | Sonn.21.7 | |
| That heauens ayre in this huge rondure hems, | That heaven's air in this huge rondure hems. | rondure (n.)roundness; sphere of the earth and the accompanying heavens | Sonn.21.8 | |
| O let me true in loue but truly write, | O let me, true in love, but truly write, | | Sonn.21.9 | |
| And then beleeue me, my loue is as faire, | And then believe me, my love is as fair | | Sonn.21.10 | |
| As any mothers childe, though not so bright | As any mother's child, though not so bright | | Sonn.21.11 | |
| As those gould candells fixt in heauens ayer: | As those gold candles fixed in heaven's air: | | Sonn.21.12 | |
| Let them say more that like of heare-say well, | Let them say more that like of hearsay well; | | Sonn.21.13 | |
| I will not prayse that purpose not to sell. | I will not praise that purpose not to sell. | purpose (n.)intention, aim, plan | Sonn.21.14 | |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sonn.22 | |
| MY glasse shall not perswade me I am ould, | My glass shall not persuade me I am old, | glass (n.)mirror, looking-glass | Sonn.22.1 | |
| So long as youth and thou are of one date, | So long as youth and thou are of one date, | | Sonn.22.2 | |
| But when in thee times forrwes I behould, | But when in thee time's furrows I behold, | | Sonn.22.3 | |
| Then look I death my daies should expiate. | Then look I death my days should expiate. | look (v.)expect, anticipate, hope, await the time | Sonn.22.4 | |
| | expiate (v.)extinguish, bring to an end | | |
| For all that beauty that doth couer thee, | For all that beauty that doth cover thee | | Sonn.22.5 | |
| Is but the seemely rayment of my heart, | Is but the seemly raiment of my heart, | raiment (n.)clothing, clothes, dress | Sonn.22.6 | |
| Which in thy brest doth liue, as thine in me, | Which in thy breast doth live, as thine in me: | | Sonn.22.7 | |
| How can I then be elder then thou art? | How can I then be elder than thou art? | | Sonn.22.8 | |
| O therefore loue be of thy selfe so wary, | O therefore, love, be of thyself so wary | | Sonn.22.9 | |
| As I not for my selfe, but for thee will, | As I, not for myself, but for thee will, | | Sonn.22.10 | |
| Bearing thy heart which I will keepe so chary | Bearing thy heart which I will keep so chary | chary (adv.)carefully, dearly, with cherishing | Sonn.22.11 | |
| As tender nurse her babe from faring ill, | As tender nurse her babe from faring ill. | ill (adv.)badly, adversely, unfavourably | Sonn.22.12 | |
| | fare (v.)go, happen, turn out | | |
| Presume not on thy heart when mine is slaine, | Presume not on thy heart when mine is slain; | presume on (v.)take insufficiently into account, rely too readily on | Sonn.22.13 | |
| Thou gau'st me thine not to giue backe againe. | Thou gav'st me thine, not to give back again. | | Sonn.22.14 | |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sonn.23 | |
| AS an vnperfect actor on the stage, | As an unperfect actor on the stage, | unperfect (adj.)imperfect; not word perfect, unskilled | Sonn.23.1 | |
| Who with his feare is put besides his part, | Who with his fear is put besides his part, | | Sonn.23.2 | |
| Or some fierce thing repleat with too much rage, | Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage, | | Sonn.23.3 | |
| Whose strengths abondance weakens his owne heart; | Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart; | | Sonn.23.4 | |
| So I for feare of trust, forget to say, | So I, for fear of trust, forget to say | | Sonn.23.5 | |
| The perfect ceremony of loues right, | The perfect ceremony of love's rite, | | Sonn.23.6 | |
| And in mine owne loues strength seeme to decay, | And in mine own love's strength seem to decay, | | Sonn.23.7 | |
| Ore-charg'd with burthen of mine owne loues might: | O'ercharged with burthen of mine own love's might: | overcharged (adj.)overburdened, overtaxed, overwrought | Sonn.23.8 | |
| O let my books be then the eloquence, | O let my books be then the eloquence | book (n.)writing, written composition | Sonn.23.9 | |
| And domb presagers of my speaking brest, | And dumb presagers of my speaking breast, | presager (n.)indicator, interpreter, announcer | Sonn.23.10 | |
| Who pleade for loue, and look for recompence, | Who plead for love, and look for recompense, | | Sonn.23.11 | |
| More then that tonge that more hath more exprest. | More than that tongue that more hath more expressed. | | Sonn.23.12 | |
| O learne to read what silent loue hath writ, | O learn to read what silent love hath writ: | | Sonn.23.13 | |
| To heare wit eies belongs to loues fine wiht. | To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit . | wit (n.)intelligence, wisdom, good sense, mental ability | Sonn.23.14 | |
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| 24 | 24 | | Sonn.24 | |
| MIne eye hath play'd the painter and hath steeld, | Mine eye hath played the painter and hath steeled | steel (v.)engrave, inscribe, make a permanent image of | Sonn.24.1 | |
| Thy beauties forme in table of my heart, | Thy beauty's form in table of my heart; | table (n.)tablet, surface, paintbook | Sonn.24.2 | |
| My body is the frame wherein ti's held, | My body is the frame wherein 'tis held, | frame (n.)framework, structure, construction | Sonn.24.3 | |
| And perspectiue it is best Painters art. | And perspective it is best painter's art. | | Sonn.24.4 | |
| For through the Painter must you see his skill, | For through the painter must you see his skill, | | Sonn.24.5 | |
| To finde where your true Image pictur'd lies, | To find where your true image pictured lies, | | Sonn.24.6 | |
| Which in my bosomes shop is hanging stil, | Which in my bosom's shop is hanging still, | | Sonn.24.7 | |
| That hath his windowes glazed with thine eyes: | That hath his windows glazed with thine eyes. | | Sonn.24.8 | |
| Now see what good-turnes eyes for eies haue done, | Now see what good turns eyes for eyes have done: | | Sonn.24.9 | |
| Mine eyes haue drawne thy shape, and thine for me | Mine eyes have drawn thy shape, and thine for me | | Sonn.24.10 | |
| Are windowes to my brest, where-through the Sun | Are windows to my breast, where-through the Sun | where-through (adv.)through which | Sonn.24.11 | |
| Delights to peepe, to gaze therein on thee | Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. | | Sonn.24.12 | |
| Yet eyes this cunning want to grace their art | Yet eyes this cunning want to grace their art; | want (v.)require, demand, need | Sonn.24.13 | |
| | cunning (n.)skill, ability, expertise | | |
| They draw but what they see, know not the hart. | They draw but what they see, know not the heart. | | Sonn.24.14 | |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sonn.25 | |
| LEt those who are in fauor with their stars, | Let those who are in favour with their stars | | Sonn.25.1 | |
| Of publike honour and proud titles bost, | Of public honour and proud titles boast, | | Sonn.25.2 | |
| Whilst I whome fortune of such tryumph bars | Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars, | | Sonn.25.3 | |
| Vnlookt for ioy in that I honour most; | Unlooked-for joy in that I honour most. | | Sonn.25.4 | |
| Great Princes fauorites their faire leaues spread, | Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread | | Sonn.25.5 | |
| But as the Marygold at the suns eye, | But as the marigold at the sun's eye, | | Sonn.25.6 | |
| And in them-selues their pride lies buried, | And in themselves their pride lies buried, | | Sonn.25.7 | |
| For at a frowne they in their glory die. | For at a frown they in their glory die. | | Sonn.25.8 | |
| The painefull warrier famosed for worth, | The painful warrior famoused for worth, | painful (adj.)painstaking, diligent, laborious | Sonn.25.9 | |
| | famous (v.)make famous, become celebrated | | |
| After a thousand victories once foild, | After a thousand victories once foiled, | foil (v.)defeat, overcome; throw [in wrestling] | Sonn.25.10 | |
| Is from the booke of honour rased quite, | Is from the book of honour razed forth, | raze forth (v.)erase, delete, remove | Sonn.25.11 | |
| And all the rest forgot for which he toild: | And all the rest forgot for which he toiled: | | Sonn.25.12 | |
| Then happy I that loue and am beloued | Then happy I that love and am beloved | | Sonn.25.13 | |
| Where I may not remoue, nor be remoued. | Where I may not remove, nor be removed. | | Sonn.25.14 | |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sonn.26 | |
| LOrd of my loue, to whome in vassalage | Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage | vassalage (n.)servitude, subjection, total allegiance | Sonn.26.1 | |
| Thy merrit hath my dutie strongly knit; | Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, | | Sonn.26.2 | |
| To thee I send this written ambassage | To thee I send this written ambassage | embassage, ambassage (n.)message, errand, business, mission | Sonn.26.3 | |
| To witnesse duty, not to shew my wit. | To witness duty, not to show my wit: | witness (v.)be a sign of, foreshadow, betoken | Sonn.26.4 | |
| | witness (v.)bear witness to, attest, testify to | | |
| | wit (n.)mental sharpness, acumen, quickness, ingenuity | | |
| Duty so great, which wit so poore as mine | Duty so great, which wit so poor as mine | | Sonn.26.5 | |
| May make seeme bare, in wanting words to shew it; | May make seem bare, in wanting words to show it; | | Sonn.26.6 | |
| But that I hope some good conceipt of thine | But that I hope some good conceit of thine | conceit (n.)notion, idea, thought | Sonn.26.7 | |
| In thy soules thought (all naked) will bestow it: | In thy soul's thought (all naked) will bestow it: | | Sonn.26.8 | |
| Til whatsoeuer star that guides my mouing, | Till whatsoever star that guides my moving | | Sonn.26.9 | |
| Points on me gratiously with faire aspect, | Points on me graciously with fair aspect, | aspect (n.)[astrology] influential phase, direction of alignment | Sonn.26.10 | |
| And puts apparrell on my tottered louing, | And puts apparel on my tattered loving, | apparel (n.)clothes, clothing, dress | Sonn.26.11 | |
| | tattered (adj.)torn, ragged | | |
| To show me worthy of their sweet respect, | To show me worthy of thy sweet respect: | | Sonn.26.12 | |
| Then may I dare to boast how I doe loue thee, | Then may I dare to boast how I do love thee, | | Sonn.26.13 | |
| Til then, not show my head where thou maist proue me | Till then not show my head where thou mayst prove me. | prove (v.)test, try out, make trial [of] | Sonn.26.14 | |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sonn.27 | |
| WEary with toyle, I hast me to my bed, | Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed, | | Sonn.27.1 | |
| The deare repose for lims with trauaill tired, | The dear repose for limbs with travel tired, | travail, travel (n.)journeying, travel [often overlapping with the sense of 'labour'] | Sonn.27.2 | |
| | travail, travel (n.)labour, effort, exertion [often overlapping with the sense of 'travel'] | | |
| But then begins a iourny in my head | But then begins a journey in my head | | Sonn.27.3 | |
| To worke my mind, when boddies work's expired. | To work my mind, when body's work's expired. | work (v.), past form wroughtactivate, galvanize, make work | Sonn.27.4 | |
| For then my thoughts (from far where I abide) | For then my thoughts (from far where I abide) | abide (v.)live, dwell, reside | Sonn.27.5 | |
| Intend a zelous pilgrimage to thee; | Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee, | zealous (adj.)earnest, fervent, ardent | Sonn.27.6 | |
| | intend (v.)be determined to make, plan to take | | |
| And keepe my drooping eye-lids open wide, | And keep my drooping eyelids open wide, | | Sonn.27.7 | |
| Looking on darknes which the blind doe see. | Looking on darkness which the blind do see, | | Sonn.27.8 | |
| Saue that my soules imaginary sight | Save that my soul's imaginary sight | save that (conj.)except (that), were it not that | Sonn.27.9 | |
| Presents their shaddoe to my sightles view, | Presents thy shadow to my sightless view, | | Sonn.27.10 | |
| Which like a iewell (hunge in gastly night) | Which like a jewel (hung in ghastly night) | ghastly (adj.)terrifying, terrible, deathly | Sonn.27.11 | |
| Makes blacke night beautious, and her old face new. | Makes black night beauteous, and her old face new. | | Sonn.27.12 | |
| Loe thus by day my lims, by night my mind, | Lo, thus by day my limbs, by night my mind, | | Sonn.27.13 | |
| For thee, and for my selfe, noe quiet finde. | For thee, and for myself, no quiet find. | | Sonn.27.14 | |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sonn.28 | |
| HOw can I then returne in happy plight | How can I then return in happy plight | plight (n.)good shape, health, fit condition | Sonn.28.1 | |
| That am debard the benifit of rest? | That am debarred the benefit of rest? | | Sonn.28.2 | |
| When daies oppression is not eazd by night, | When day's oppression is not eased by night, | | Sonn.28.3 | |
| But day by night and night by day oprest. | But day by night and night by day oppressed? | | Sonn.28.4 | |
| And each (though enimes to ethers raigne) | And each (though enemies to either's reign) | | Sonn.28.5 | |
| Doe in consent shake hands to torture me, | Do in consent shake hands to torture me, | | Sonn.28.6 | |
| The one by toyle, the other to complaine | The one by toil, the other to complain | | Sonn.28.7 | |
| How far I toyle, still farther off from thee. | How far I toil, still farther off from thee. | | Sonn.28.8 | |
| I tell the Day to please him thou art bright, | I tell the day to please him thou art bright, | | Sonn.28.9 | |
| And do'st him grace when clouds doe blot the heauen: | And dost him grace when clouds do blot the heaven: | | Sonn.28.10 | |
| So flatter I the swart complexiond night, | So flatter I the swart-complexioned night, | swart-complexioned (adj.)dark-faced, black-looking | Sonn.28.11 | |
| When sparkling stars twire not thou guil'st th' eauen. | When sparkling stars twire not thou gild'st th' even. | even (n.)evening | Sonn.28.12 | |
| | twire (v.)twinkle, peep out, shine out | | |
| | gild (v.), past forms gilt, gildedbring colour to, brighten, illuminate | | |
| But day doth daily draw my sorrowes longer, | But day doth daily draw my sorrows longer, | draw (v.)draw out, extend, prolong | Sonn.28.13 | |
| And night doth nightly make greefes length seeme stronger | And night doth nightly make grief's length seem stronger. | | Sonn.28.14 | |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sonn.29 | |
| WHen in disgrace with Fortune and mens eyes, | When, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes, | Fortune (n.)Roman goddess, shown as a woman at a spinning-wheel, or controlling a rudder, and as blind | Sonn.29.1 | |
| I all alone beweepe my out-cast state, | I all alone beweep my outcast state, | beweep (v.)weep over, wet with tears | Sonn.29.2 | |
| And trouble deafe heauen with my bootlesse cries, | And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, | bootless (adj.)useless, worthless, fruitless, unavailing | Sonn.29.3 | |
| And looke vpon my selfe and curse my fate. | And look upon myself and curse my fate, | | Sonn.29.4 | |
| Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, | Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, | | Sonn.29.5 | |
| Featur'd like him, like him with friends possest, | Featured like him, like him with friends possessed, | | Sonn.29.6 | |
| Desiring this mans art, and that mans skope, | Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, | art (n.)accomplishment, achievement, skill | Sonn.29.7 | |
| | scope (n.)opportunity, liberty, free course of action | | |
| With what I most inioy contented least, | With what I most enjoy contented least; | enjoy (v.)possess with delight, take pleasure [in], savour | Sonn.29.8 | |
| Yet in these thoughts my selfe almost despising, | Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, | | Sonn.29.9 | |
| Haplye I thinke on thee, and then my state, | Haply I think on thee, and then my state | haply (adv.)perhaps, maybe, by chance, with luck | Sonn.29.10 | |
| (Like to the Larke at breake of daye arising) | (Like to the lark at break of day arising) | | Sonn.29.11 | |
| From sullen earth sings himns at Heauens gate, | From sullen earth sings hymns at heaven's gate; | sullen (adj.)dull, drab, sombre | Sonn.29.12 | |
| For thy sweet loue remembred such welth brings, | For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings | | Sonn.29.13 | |
| That then I skorne to change my state with Kings. | That then I scorn to change my state with kings. | change (v.)exchange, trade | Sonn.29.14 | |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sonn.30 | |
| WHen to the Sessions of sweet silent thought, | When to the sessions of sweet silent thought | session, sessions (n.)judicial assembly, trial, court | Sonn.30.1 | |
| I sommon vp remembrance of things past, | I summon up remembrance of things past, | remembrance (n.)memory, bringing to mind, recollection | Sonn.30.2 | |
| I sigh the lacke of many a thing I sought, | I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, | | Sonn.30.3 | |
| And with old woes new waile my deare times waste: | And with old woes new wail my dear times' waste: | | Sonn.30.4 | |
| Then can I drowne an eye (vn-vs'd to flow) | Then can I drown an eye (unused to flow) | | Sonn.30.5 | |
| For precious friends hid in deaths dateles night, | For precious friends hid in death's dateless night, | dateless (adj.)everlasting, eternal, endless | Sonn.30.6 | |
| And weepe a fresh loues long since canceld woe, | And weep afresh love's long-since cancelled woe, | cancelled (adj.)made null and void, invalidated | Sonn.30.7 | |
| And mone th'expence of many a vannisht sight. | And moan th' expense of many a vanished sight: | expense (n.)loss, using up, expending | Sonn.30.8 | |
| Then can I greeue at greeuances fore-gon, | Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, | grievance (n.)distress, suffering, pain | Sonn.30.9 | |
| | foregone (adj.)previous, prior, earlier | | |
| And heauily from woe to woe tell ore | And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er | heavily (adv.)sorrowfully, sadly, gloomily | Sonn.30.10 | |
| The sad account of fore-bemoned mone, | The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, | fore-bemoaned (adj.)previously lamented | Sonn.30.11 | |
| | moan (n.)grief, lamentation, sorrow, complaint | | |
| | sad (adj.)downcast, distressed, mournful, gloomy | | |
| Which I new pay, as if not payd before. | Which I new pay, as if not paid before. | | Sonn.30.12 | |
| But if the while I thinke on thee (deare friend) | But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, | | Sonn.30.13 | |
| All losses are restord, and sorrowes end. | All losses are restored, and sorrows end. | | Sonn.30.14 | |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sonn.31 | |
| Thy bosome is indeared with all hearts, | Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts, | endeared (adj.)made more precious, increased in value | Sonn.31.1 | |
| | bosom (n.)heart, inner person | | |
| Which I by lacking haue supposed dead, | Which I by lacking have supposed dead, | | Sonn.31.2 | |
| And there raignes Loue and all Loues louing parts, | And there reigns Love and all Love's loving parts, | part (n.)quality, attribute, gift, accomplishment [of mind or body] | Sonn.31.3 | |
| And all those friends which I thought buried. | And all those friends which I thought buried. | | Sonn.31.4 | |
| How many a holy and obsequious teare | How many a holy and obsequious tear | obsequious (adj.)dutiful [without suggesting servility]; appropriate after a death | Sonn.31.5 | |
| Hath deare religious loue stolne from mine eye, | Hath dear religious love stol'n from mine eye, | religious (adj.)devout, conscientious, scrupulous | Sonn.31.6 | |
| As interest of the dead, which now appeare, | As interest of the dead, which now appear, | | Sonn.31.7 | |
| But things remou'd that hidden in there lie. | But things removed that hidden in thee lie. | | Sonn.31.8 | |
| Thou art the graue where buried loue doth liue, | Thou art the grave where buried love doth live, | | Sonn.31.9 | |
| Hung with the tropheis of my louers gon, | Hung with the trophies of my lovers gone, | | Sonn.31.10 | |
| Who all their parts of me to thee did giue, | Who all their parts of me to thee did give; | | Sonn.31.11 | |
| That due of many, now is thine alone. | That due of many now is thine alone. | | Sonn.31.12 | |
| Their images I lou'd, I view in thee, | Their images I loved, I view in thee, | | Sonn.31.13 | |
| And thou (all they) hast all the all of me. | And thou (all they) hast all the all of me. | | Sonn.31.14 | |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sonn.32 | |
| IF thou suruiue my well contented daie, | If thou survive my well-contented day, | | Sonn.32.1 | |
| When that churle death my bones with dust shall couer | When that churl Death my bones with dust shall cover, | churl (n.)villain, contemptible fellow | Sonn.32.2 | |
| And shalt by fortune once more re-suruay: | And shalt by fortune once more re-survey | | Sonn.32.3 | |
| These poore rude lines of thy deceased Louer: | These poor rude lines of thy deceased lover, | rude (adj.)amateurish, inexpert, lacking polish | Sonn.32.4 | |
| Compare them with the bett'ring of the time, | Compare them with the bett'ring of the time, | | Sonn.32.5 | |
| And though they be out-stript by euery pen, | And though they be outstripped by every pen, | | Sonn.32.6 | |
| Reserue them for my loue, not for their rime, | Reserve them for my love, not for their rhyme, | reserve (v.)preserve, retain, keep | Sonn.32.7 | |
| Exceeded by the hight of happier men. | Exceeded by the height of happier men. | | Sonn.32.8 | |
| Oh then voutsafe me but this louing thought, | Oh then vouchsafe me but this loving thought: | | Sonn.32.9 | |
| Had my friends Muse growne with this growing age, | Had my friend's Muse grown with this growing age, | Muse (n.)one of the nine goddesses in Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who gave artistic inspiration; also called the Helicons, as they lived on Mt Helicon | Sonn.32.10 | |
| A dearer birth then this his loue had brought | A dearer birth than this his love had brought | dear (adj.)of great worth, valuable, precious | Sonn.32.11 | |
| | bring (v.)bring forth, give birth to | | |
| To march in ranckes of better equipage: | To march in ranks of better equipage: | equipage (n.)equipment, fitted-out condition | Sonn.32.12 | |
| But since he died and Poets better proue, | But since he died and poets better prove, | | Sonn.32.13 | |
| Theirs for their stile ile read, his for his loue. | Theirs for their style I'll read, his for his love. | | Sonn.32.14 | |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sonn.33 | |
| FVll many a glorious morning haue I seene, | Full many a glorious morning have I seen | | Sonn.33.1 | |
| Flatter the mountaine tops with soueraine eie, | Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, | | Sonn.33.2 | |
| Kissing with golden face the meddowes greene; | Kissing with golden face the meadows green, | | Sonn.33.3 | |
| Guilding pale streames with heauenly alcumy: | Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy: | alchemy, alchymy (n.)wondrous transformation, miraculous transmutation | Sonn.33.4 | |
| Anon permit the basest cloudes to ride, | Anon permit the basest clouds to ride | base (adj.)dishonourable, low, unworthy | Sonn.33.5 | |
| | anon (adv.)soon, shortly, presently | | |
| With ougly rack on his celestiall face, | With ugly rack on his celestial face, | rack (n.)[of clouds] driven accumulation, billowing movement | Sonn.33.6 | |
| And from the for-lorne world his visage hide | And from the forlorn world his visage hide, | visage (n.)face, countenance | Sonn.33.7 | |
| Stealing vnseene to west with this disgrace: | Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace: | disgrace (n.)disfigurement, marring | Sonn.33.8 | |
| Euen so my Sunne one early morne did shine, | Even so my Sun one early morn did shine | morn (n.)morning, dawn | Sonn.33.9 | |
| With all triumphant splendor on my brow, | With all triumphant splendour on my brow; | brow (n.)forehead [often plural, referring to the two prominences of the forehead] | Sonn.33.10 | |
| But out alack, he was but one houre mine, | But out, alack, he was but one hour mine; | out (adv.)at an end, finished | Sonn.33.11 | |
| The region cloude hath mask'd him from me now. | The region cloud hath masked him from me now. | region (adj.)in the sky, of the air | Sonn.33.12 | |
| Yet him for this, my loue no whit disdaineth, | Yet him for this, my love no whit disdaineth; | | Sonn.33.13 | |
| Suns of the world may staine, whẽ heauens sun stainteh. | Suns of the world may stain, when heaven's sun staineth. | | Sonn.33.14 | |
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| 34 | 34 | | Sonn.34 | |
| WHy didst thou promise such a beautious day, | Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, | | Sonn.34.1 | |
| And make me trauaile forth without my cloake, | And make me travel forth without my cloak, | travail, travel (v.)travel, journey [often overlapping with the sense of 'labour'] | Sonn.34.2 | |
| To let bace cloudes ore-take me in my way, | To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, | base (adj.)dishonourable, low, unworthy | Sonn.34.3 | |
| Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten smoke. | Hiding thy brav'ry in their rotten smoke? | bravery (n.)splendour, fine display, ostentation | Sonn.34.4 | |
| | smoke (n.)mist, fog, vapours | | |
| Tis not enough that through the cloude thou breake, | 'Tis not enough that through the cloud thou break, | | Sonn.34.5 | |
| To dry the raine on my storme-beaten face, | To dry the rain on my storm-beaten face | | Sonn.34.6 | |
| For no man well of such a salue can speake, | For no man well of such a salve can speak | salve (n.)healing ointment | Sonn.34.7 | |
| That heales the wound, and cures not the disgrace: | That heals the wound and cures not the disgrace: | | Sonn.34.8 | |
| Nor can thy shame giue phisicke to my griefe, | Nor can thy shame give physic to my grief; | physic (n.)medicine, healing, treatment | Sonn.34.9 | |
| | grief (n.)pain, torment, distress | | |
| Though thou repent, yet I haue still the losse, | Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss: | | Sonn.34.10 | |
| Th' offenders sorrow lends but weake reliefe | Th' offender's sorrow lends but weak relief | | Sonn.34.11 | |
| To him that beares the strong offenses losse. | To him that bears the strong offence's cross. | cross (n.)trial, affliction, trouble | Sonn.34.12 | |
| Ah but those teares are pearle which thy loue sheeds, | Ah, but those tears are pearl which thy love sheds, | sheed (v.)shed | Sonn.34.13 | |
| And they are ritch, and ransome all ill deeds. | And they are rich, and ransom all ill deeds. | ill (adj.)evil, wicked, immoral | Sonn.34.14 | |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sonn.35 | |
| NO more bee greeu'd at that which thou hast done, | No more be grieved at that which thou hast done: | | Sonn.35.1 | |
| Roses haue thornes, and siluer fountaines mud, | Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud; | | Sonn.35.2 | |
| Cloudes and eclipses staine both Moone and Sunne, | Clouds and eclipses stain both Moon and Sun, | stain (v.)obscure, hide, blot out | Sonn.35.3 | |
| And loathsome canker liues in sweetest bud. | And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud. | canker (n./adj.)grub that destroys plant buds and leaves, cankerworm, parasite | Sonn.35.4 | |
| All men make faults, and euen I in this, | All men make faults, and even I in this, | | Sonn.35.5 | |
| Authorizing thy trespas with compare, | Authorizing thy trespass with compare, | compare (n.)comparison, simile, analogy | Sonn.35.6 | |
| My selfe corrupting saluing thy amisse, | Myself corrupting, salving thy amiss, | amiss (n.)fault, offence, misdeed | Sonn.35.7 | |
| | salve (v.)heal, remedy, make good | | |
| Excusing their sins more then their sins are: | Excusing thy sins more than thy sins are: | | Sonn.35.8 | |
| For to thy sensuall fault I bring in sence, | For to thy sensual fault I bring in sense, | | Sonn.35.9 | |
| Thy aduerse party is thy Aduocate, | Thy adverse party is thy advocate, | | Sonn.35.10 | |
| And gainst my selfe a lawfull plea commence, | And 'gainst myself a lawful plea commence: | | Sonn.35.11 | |
| Such ciuill war is in my loue and hate, | Such civil war is in my love and hate | | Sonn.35.12 | |
| That I an accessary needs must be, | That I an accessory needs must be | | Sonn.35.13 | |
| To that sweet theefe which sourely robs from me, | To that sweet thief which sourly robs from me. | | Sonn.35.14 | |
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| 36 | 36 | | Sonn.36 | |
| LEt me confesse that we two must be twaine, | Let me confess that we two must be twain, | confess (v.)acknowledge, recognize, admit | Sonn.36.1 | |
| | twain (adj.)separated, not united, estranged | | |
| Although our vndeuided loues are one: | Although our undivided loves are one: | | Sonn.36.2 | |
| So shall those blots that do with me remaine, | So shall those blots that do with me remain, | blot (n.)stain, disgrace, blemish | Sonn.36.3 | |
| Without thy helpe, by me be borne alone. | Without thy help, by me be borne alone. | | Sonn.36.4 | |
| In our two loues there is but one respect, | In our two loves there is but one respect, | respect (n.)consideration, factor, circumstance | Sonn.36.5 | |
| Though in our liues a seperable spight, | Though in our lives a separable spite, | separable (adj.)which causes separation, with divisive power | Sonn.36.6 | |
| | spite (n.)annoyance, vexation, irritation | | |
| Which though it alter not loues sole effect, | Which though it alter not love's sole effect, | sole (adj.)unique, unrivalled, singular | Sonn.36.7 | |
| Yet doth it steale sweet houres from loues delight, | Yet doth it steal sweet hours from love's delight. | | Sonn.36.8 | |
| I may not euer-more acknowledge thee, | I may not evermore acknowledge thee, | | Sonn.36.9 | |
| Least my bewailed guilt should do thee shame, | Lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shame, | | Sonn.36.10 | |
| Nor thou with publike kindnesse honour me, | Nor thou with public kindness honour me, | | Sonn.36.11 | |
| Vnlesse thou take that honour from thy name: | Unless thou take that honour from thy name: | | Sonn.36.12 | |
| But doe not so, I loue thee in such sort, | But do not so; I love thee in such sort | sort (n.)way, manner | Sonn.36.13 | |
| As thou being mine, mine is thy good report. | As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report. | | Sonn.36.14 | |
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| 37 | 37 | | Sonn.37 | |
| AS a decrepit father takes delight, | As a decrepit father takes delight | | Sonn.37.1 | |
| To see his actiue childe do deeds of youth, | To see his active child do deeds of youth, | | Sonn.37.2 | |
| So I, made lame by Fortunes dearest spight | So I, made lame by Fortune's dearest spite, | spite (n.)malice, ill-will, hatred | Sonn.37.3 | |
| | dear (adj.)dire, grievous, hard | | |
| | Fortune (n.)Roman goddess, shown as a woman at a spinning-wheel, or controlling a rudder, and as blind | | |
| Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth. | Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth. | | Sonn.37.4 | |
| For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit, | For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit, | wit (n.)intelligence, wisdom, good sense, mental ability | Sonn.37.5 | |
| Or any of these all, or all, or more | Or any of these all, or all, or more, | | Sonn.37.6 | |
| Intitled in their parts, do crowned sit, | Entitled in thy parts, do crowned sit, | entitle, intitle (v.)have a rightful claim [to] | Sonn.37.7 | |
| | part (n.)quality, attribute, gift, accomplishment [of mind or body] | | |
| I make my loue ingrafted to this store: | I make my love engrafted to this store: | ingrafted, engrafted (adj.)closely fastened, firmly fixed | Sonn.37.8 | |
| So then I am not lame, poore, nor dispis'd, | So then I am not lame, poor, nor despised, | | Sonn.37.9 | |
| Whilst that this shadow doth such substance giue, | Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give, | | Sonn.37.10 | |
| That I in thy abundance am suffic'd, | That I in thy abundance am sufficed, | suffice (v.)satisfy, nourish, provide for | Sonn.37.11 | |
| And by a part of all thy glory liue: | And by a part of all thy glory live. | | Sonn.37.12 | |
| Looke what is best, that best I wish in thee, | Look what is best, that best I wish in thee: | look what (conj.)whatever | Sonn.37.13 | |
| This wish I haue, then ten times happy me. | This wish I have, then ten times happy me! | | Sonn.37.14 | |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sonn.38 | |
| HOw can my Muse want subiect to inuent | How can my Muse want subject to invent, | Muse (n.)one of the nine goddesses in Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who gave artistic inspiration; also called the Helicons, as they lived on Mt Helicon | Sonn.38.1 | |
| | invent (v.)create, compose, write creatively | | |
| | want (v.)lack, need, be without | | |
| While thou dost breath that poor'st into my verse, | While thou dost breathe that pour'st into my verse | | Sonn.38.2 | |
| Thine owne sweet argument, to excellent, | Thine own sweet argument, too excellent | argument (n.)subject of conversation, subject-matter, topic | Sonn.38.3 | |
| For euery vulgar paper to rehearse: | For every vulgar paper to rehearse? | vulgar (n.)familiar, ordinary, everyday | Sonn.38.4 | |
| | paper (n.)piece of writing, composition | | |
| | rehearse (v.)relate, recount, give an account of | | |
| Oh giue thy selfe the thankes if ought in me, | Oh give thyself the thanks if aught in me | aught (n.)anything, [with negative word] nothing | Sonn.38.5 | |
| Worthy perusal stand against thy sight, | Worthy perusal stand against thy sight; | | Sonn.38.6 | |
| For who's so dumbe that cannot write to thee, | For who's so dumb that cannot write to thee, | | Sonn.38.7 | |
| When thou thy selfe dost giue inuention light? | When thou thyself dost give invention light? | invention (n.)inventiveness, imagination, creative faculty | Sonn.38.8 | |
| Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth | Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth | Muse (n.)one of the nine goddesses in Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who gave artistic inspiration; also called the Helicons, as they lived on Mt Helicon | Sonn.38.9 | |
| Then those old nine which rimers inuocate, | Than those old nine which rhymers invocate, | rhymer (n.)[disparaging] versifier, rhymester | Sonn.38.10 | |
| And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth | And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth | | Sonn.38.11 | |
| Eternal numbers to out-liue long date. | Eternal numbers to outlive long date. | number (n.)(plural) verses, lines | Sonn.38.12 | |
| | eternal (adj.)immortal, everlasting | | |
| If my slight Muse doe please these curious daies, | If my slight Muse do please these curious days, | slight (adj.)worthless, insignificant, good-for-nothing | Sonn.38.13 | |
| | curious (adj.)particular, difficult to satisfy, hard to please | | |
| | Muse (n.)one of the nine goddesses in Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who gave artistic inspiration; also called the Helicons, as they lived on Mt Helicon | | |
| The paine be mine, but thine shal be the praise. | The pain be mine, but thine shall be the praise. | | Sonn.38.14 | |
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| 39 | 39 | | Sonn.39 | |
| OH how thy worth with manners may I singe, | Oh how thy worth with manners may I sing, | | Sonn.39.1 | |
| When thou art all the better part of me? | When thou art all the better part of me? | | Sonn.39.2 | |
| What can mine owne praise to mine owne selfe bring; | What can mine own praise to mine own self bring? | | Sonn.39.3 | |
| And what is't but mine owne when I praise thee, | And what is't but mine own when I praise thee? | | Sonn.39.4 | |
| Euen for this, let vs deuided liue, | Even for this, let us divided live, | | Sonn.39.5 | |
| And our deare loue loose name of single one, | And our dear love lose name of single one, | | Sonn.39.6 | |
| That by this seperation I may giue: | That by this separation I may give | | Sonn.39.7 | |
| That due to thee which thou deseru'st alone: | That due to thee which thou deserv'st alone. | | Sonn.39.8 | |
| Oh absence what a torment wouldst thou proue, | Oh absence, what a torment wouldst thou prove, | | Sonn.39.9 | |
| Were it not thy soure leisure gaue sweet leaue, | Were it not thy sour leisure gave sweet leave | | Sonn.39.10 | |
| To entertaine the time with thoughts of loue, | To entertain the time with thoughts of love, | entertain (v.)while away, pass away | Sonn.39.11 | |
| Which time and thoughts so sweetly dost deceiue. | Which time and thoughts so sweetly doth deceive, | | Sonn.39.12 | |
| And that thou teachest how to make one twaine, | And that thou teachest how to make one twain, | | Sonn.39.13 | |
| By praising him here who doth hence remaine. | By praising him here who doth hence remain. | | Sonn.39.14 | |
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| 40 | 40 | | Sonn.40 | |
| TAke all my loues, my loue, yea take them all, | Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all; | | Sonn.40.1 | |
| What hast thou then more then thou hadst before? | What hast thou then more than thou hadst before? | | Sonn.40.2 | |
| No loue, my loue, that thou maist true loue call, | No love, my love, that thou mayst true love call; | | Sonn.40.3 | |
| All mine was thine, before thou hadst this more: | All mine was thine before thou hadst this more: | | Sonn.40.4 | |
| Then if for my loue, thou my loue receiuest, | Then if for my love, thou my love receivest, | | Sonn.40.5 | |
| I cannot blame thee, for my loue thou vsest, | I cannot blame thee, for my love thou usest; | | Sonn.40.6 | |
| But yet be blam'd, if thou this selfe deceauest | But yet be blamed, if thou thyself deceivest | | Sonn.40.7 | |
| By wilfull taste of what thy selfe refusest. | By wilful taste of what thyself refusest. | | Sonn.40.8 | |
| I doe forgiue thy robb'rie gentle theefe | I do forgive thy robb'ry, gentle thief, | gentle (adj.)soft, tender, kind | Sonn.40.9 | |
| Although thou steale thee all my pouerty: | Although thou steal thee all my poverty: | | Sonn.40.10 | |
| And yet loue knowes it is a greater griefe | And yet love knows it is a greater grief | grief (n.)pain, torment, distress | Sonn.40.11 | |
| To beare loues wrong, then hates knowne iniury. | To bear love's wrong than hate's known injury. | | Sonn.40.12 | |
| Lasciuious grace, in whom all il wel showes, | Lascivious grace, in whom all ill well shows, | ill (n.)wrong, injury, harm, evil | Sonn.40.13 | |
| Kill me with spights yet we must not be foes. | Kill me with spites; yet we must not be foes. | | Sonn.40.14 | |
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| 41 | 41 | | Sonn.41 | |
| THose pretty wrongs that liberty commits, | Those petty wrongs that liberty commits, | pretty (adj.)childish, trifling, naive | Sonn.41.1 | |
| | liberty (n.)unrestrained act, improper licence, reckless freedom | | |
| When I am some-time absent from thy heart, | When I am sometime absent from thy heart, | sometime (adv.)sometimes, now and then | Sonn.41.2 | |
| Thy beautie, and thy yeares full well befits, | Thy beauty and thy years full well befits, | | Sonn.41.3 | |
| For still temptation followes where thou art. | For still temptation follows where thou art. | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.41.4 | |
| Gentle thou art, and therefore to be wonne, | Gentle thou art, and therefore to be won, | gentle (adj.)soft, tender, kind | Sonn.41.5 | |
| Beautious thou art, therefore to be assailed. | Beauteous thou art, therefore to be assailed; | assail (v.)approach with offers of love, woo with vigour, attempt to seduce | Sonn.41.6 | |
| And when a woman woes, what womans sonne, | And when a woman woos, what woman's son | | Sonn.41.7 | |
| Will sourely leaue her till he haue preuailed. | Will sourly leave her till he have prevailed? | prevail (v.)succeed in seduction, have one's way [in a sexual encounter] | Sonn.41.8 | |
| Aye me, but yet thou mighst my seate forbeare, | Ay me, but yet thou mightst my seat forbear, | forbear (v.)leave alone, avoid, stay away [from] | Sonn.41.9 | |
| And chide thy beauty, and thy straying youth, | And chide thy beauty and thy straying youth, | chide (v.), past form chidscold, rebuke, reprove | Sonn.41.10 | |
| Who lead thee in their ryot euen there | Who lead thee in their riot even there | riot (n.)dissipation, debauchery, wantonness | Sonn.41.11 | |
| Where thou art forst to breake a two-fold truth: | Where thou art forced to break a twofold truth: | truth (n.)loyalty, allegiance, faithfulness | Sonn.41.12 | |
| Hers by thy beauty tempting her to thee, | Hers by thy beauty tempting her to thee, | | Sonn.41.13 | |
| Thine by thy beautie beeing false to me. | Thine by thy beauty being false to me. | false (adj.)disloyal, faithless, inconstant, unfaithful | Sonn.41.14 | |
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| 42 | 42 | | Sonn.42 | |
| THat thou hast her it is not all my griefe, | That thou hast her it is not all my grief, | grief (n.)pain, torment, distress | Sonn.42.1 | |
| And yet it may be said I lou'd her deerely, | And yet it may be said I loved her dearly; | | Sonn.42.2 | |
| That she hath thee is of my wayling cheefe, | That she hath thee is of my wailing chief, | | Sonn.42.3 | |
| A losse in loue that touches me more neerely. | A loss in love that touches me more nearly. | touch (v.)affect, move, stir | Sonn.42.4 | |
| Louing offendors thus I will excuse yee, | Loving offenders, thus I will excuse ye: | | Sonn.42.5 | |
| Thou doost loue her, because thou knowst I loue her, | Thou dost love her, because thou know'st I love her, | | Sonn.42.6 | |
| And for my sake euen so doth she abuse me, | And for my sake even so doth she abuse me, | abuse (v.)misuse, maltreat, treat badly, wrong | Sonn.42.7 | |
| Suffring my friend for my sake to approoue her, | Suff'ring my friend for my sake to approve her. | approve (v.)commend, praise, show to be worthy | Sonn.42.8 | |
| | suffer (v.)allow, permit, let | | |
| If I loose thee, my losse is my loues gaine, | If I lose thee, my loss is my love's gain, | | Sonn.42.9 | |
| And loosing her, my friend hath found that losse, | And losing her, my friend hath found that loss; | | Sonn.42.10 | |
| Both finde each other, and I loose both twaine, | Both find each other, and I lose both twain, | | Sonn.42.11 | |
| And both for my sake lay on me this crosse, | And both for my sake lay on me this cross: | cross (n.)trial, affliction, trouble | Sonn.42.12 | |
| But here's the ioy, my friend and I are one, | But here's the joy: my friend and I are one; | | Sonn.42.13 | |
| Sweete flattery, then she loues but me alone. | Sweet flattery, then she loves but me alone. | flattery (n.)pleasing plausibility, gratifying deception, self-delusion | Sonn.42.14 | |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sonn.43 | |
| WHen most I winke then doe mine eyes best see. | When most I wink then do mine eyes best see, | wink (v.)shut one's eyes | Sonn.43.1 | |
| For all the day they view things vnrespected, | For all the day they view things unrespected; | unrespected (adj.)of little value, lacking real interest | Sonn.43.2 | |
| But when I sleepe, in dreames they looke on thee, | But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee, | | Sonn.43.3 | |
| And darkely bright, are bright in darke directed. | And darkly bright are bright in dark directed. | | Sonn.43.4 | |
| Then thou whose shaddow shaddowes doth make bright, | Then thou whose shadow shadows doth make bright, | shadow (n.)shade, seclusion, place of retirement | Sonn.43.5 | |
| | shadow (n.)illusion, unreal image, delusion | | |
| How would thy shadowes forme, forme happy show, | How would thy shadow's form form happy show | shadow (n.)illusion, unreal image, delusion | Sonn.43.6 | |
| | form (n.)substance, essence, true meaning | | |
| To the cleere day with thy much cleerer light, | To the clear day with thy much clearer light, | | Sonn.43.7 | |
| When to vn-seeing eyes thy shade shines so? | When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so? | shade (n.)shadow, unreal image, unsubstantial semblance | Sonn.43.8 | |
| How would (I say) mine eyes be blessed made, | How would (I say) mine eyes be blessed made | | Sonn.43.9 | |
| By looking on thee in the liuing day? | By looking on thee in the living day, | | Sonn.43.10 | |
| When in dead night their faire imperfect shade, | When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade | shade (n.)shadow, unreal image, unsubstantial semblance | Sonn.43.11 | |
| Through heauy sleepe on sightlesse eyes doth stay? | Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay? | | Sonn.43.12 | |
| All dayes are nights to see till I see thee, | All days are nights to see till I see thee, | | Sonn.43.13 | |
| And nights bright daies when dreams do shew thee me. | And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me. | | Sonn.43.14 | |
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| 44 | 44 | | Sonn.44 | |
| IF the dull substance of my flesh were thought, | If the dull substance of my flesh were thought, | dull (adj.)dead, lifeless, sluggish, inactive | Sonn.44.1 | |
| Iniurious distance should not stop my way, | Injurious distance should not stop my way, | stop (v.)block, hinder, impede, obstruct | Sonn.44.2 | |
| | injurious (adj.)causing injury, harmful, offending, unjust | | |
| For then dispight of space I would be brought, | For then despite of space I would be brought | | Sonn.44.3 | |
| From limits farre remote, where thou doost stay, | From limits far remote where thou dost stay. | limit (n.)delimited territory, precinct, bounded region | Sonn.44.4 | |
| No matter then although my foote did stand | No matter then although my foot did stand | | Sonn.44.5 | |
| Vpon the farthest earth remoou'd from thee, | Upon the farthest earth removed from thee, | | Sonn.44.6 | |
| For nimble thought can iumpe both sea and land, | For nimble thought can jump both sea and land, | | Sonn.44.7 | |
| As soone as thinke the place where he would be. | As soon as think the place where he would be. | | Sonn.44.8 | |
| But ah, thought kills me that I am not thought | But ah, thought kills me that I am not thought | | Sonn.44.9 | |
| To leape large lengths of miles when thou art gone, | To leap large lengths of miles when thou art gone, | | Sonn.44.10 | |
| But that so much of earth and water wrought, | But that so much of earth and water wrought | | Sonn.44.11 | |
| I must attend, times leasure with my mone. | I must attend time's leisure with my moan, | attend (v.)serve, follow, wait [on/upon] | Sonn.44.12 | |
| | moan (n.)grief, lamentation, sorrow, complaint | | |
| Receiuing naughts by elements so sloe, | Receiving nought by elements so slow, | | Sonn.44.13 | |
| But heauie teares, badges of eithers woe. | But heavy tears, badges of either's woe. | badge (n.)outward sign, symbol, mark | Sonn.44.14 | |
| | heavy (adj.)sorrowful, sad, gloomy | | |
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| 45 | 45 | | Sonn.45 | |
| THe other two, slight ayre, and purging fire, | The other two, slight air and purging fire, | slight (adj.)light, insubstantial, lacking solidity | Sonn.45.1 | |
| Are both with thee, where euer I abide, | Are both with thee, wherever I abide; | | Sonn.45.2 | |
| The first my thought, the other my desire, | The first my thought, the other my desire, | | Sonn.45.3 | |
| These present absent with swift motion slide. | These present absent with swift motion slide. | | Sonn.45.4 | |
| For when these quicker Elements are gone | For when these quicker elements are gone | quick (adj.)living, vital, full of life | Sonn.45.5 | |
| In tender Embassie of loue to thee, | In tender embassy of love to thee, | embassy (n.)message [especially via an ambassador] | Sonn.45.6 | |
| My life being made of foure, with two alone, | My life, being made of four, with two alone | | Sonn.45.7 | |
| Sinkes downe to death, opprest with melancholie, | Sinks down to death, oppressed with melancholy, | | Sonn.45.8 | |
| Vntill liues composition be recured, | Until life's composition be recured | recure (v.)heal, make whole, restore to health | Sonn.45.9 | |
| | composition (n.)constitution, make-up, state [of mind and body] | | |
| By those swift messengers return'd from thee, | By those swift messengers returned from thee, | | Sonn.45.10 | |
| Who euen but now come back againe assured, | Who even but now come back again, assured | | Sonn.45.11 | |
| Of their faire health, recounting it to me. | Of thy fair health, recounting it to me. | fair (adj.)healthy, sound, fit | Sonn.45.12 | |
| This told, I ioy, but then no longer glad, | This told, I joy, but then no longer glad, | joy (v.)feel joy, be happy, rejoice | Sonn.45.13 | |
| I send them back againe and straight grow sad. | I send them back again and straight grow sad. | straight (adv.)straightaway, immediately, at once | Sonn.45.14 | |
| | sad (adj.)serious, grave, solemn | | |
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| 46 | 46 | | Sonn.46 | |
| MIne eye and heart are at a mortall warre, | Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war, | | Sonn.46.1 | |
| How to deuide the conquest of thy sight, | How to divide the conquest of thy sight; | | Sonn.46.2 | |
| Mine eye, my heart their pictures sight would barre, | Mine eye my heart thy picture's sight would bar, | | Sonn.46.3 | |
| My heart, mine eye the freeedome of that right, | My heart mine eye the freedom of that right. | | Sonn.46.4 | |
| My heart doth plead that thou in him doost lye, | My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie | | Sonn.46.5 | |
| (A closet neuer pearst with christall eyes) | (A closet never pierced with crystal eyes) | closet (n.)enclosure surrounding the heart, pericardium | Sonn.46.6 | |
| But the defendant doth that plea deny, | But the defendant doth that plea deny, | | Sonn.46.7 | |
| And sayes in him their faire appearance lyes. | And says in him thy fair appearance lies. | | Sonn.46.8 | |
| To side this title is impannelled | To 'cide this title is impannelled | title (n.)[legal] right, claim, entitlement | Sonn.46.9 | |
| | impannel, empannel (v.)enrol, oblige to appear in a court | | |
| | 'cide (v.)decide | | |
| A quest of thoughts, all tennants to the heart, | A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart, | quest (n.)jury, body of persons appointed to hold an inquiry | Sonn.46.10 | |
| And by their verdict is determined | And by their verdict is determined | determine (v.)resolve, decide, settle [on] | Sonn.46.11 | |
| The cleere eyes moyitie, and the deare hearts part. | The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part: | moiety (n.)share, portion, part | Sonn.46.12 | |
| As thus, mine eyes due is their outward part, | As thus: mine eye's due is thy outward part, | | Sonn.46.13 | |
| And my hearts right, their inward loue of heart. | And my heart's right thy inward love of heart. | | Sonn.46.14 | |
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| 47 | 47 | | Sonn.47 | |
| BEtwixt mine eye and heart a league is tooke, | Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took, | | Sonn.47.1 | |
| And each doth good turnes now vnto the other, | And each doth good turns now unto the other: | | Sonn.47.2 | |
| When that mine eye is famisht for a looke, | When that mine eye is famished for a look, | | Sonn.47.3 | |
| Or heart in loue with sighes himselfe doth smother; | Or heart in love with sighs himself doth smother, | | Sonn.47.4 | |
| With my loues picture then my eye doth feast, | With my love's picture then my eye doth feast | | Sonn.47.5 | |
| And to the painted banquet bids my heart: | And to the painted banquet bids my heart: | | Sonn.47.6 | |
| An other time mine eye is my hearts guest, | Another time mine eye is my heart's guest, | | Sonn.47.7 | |
| And in his thoughts of loue doth share a part. | And in his thoughts of love doth share a part. | share (v.)take, receive, have [as one's share] | Sonn.47.8 | |
| So either by thy picture or my loue, | So either by thy picture or my love, | | Sonn.47.9 | |
| Thy seife away, are present still with me, | Thyself away art present still with me, | | Sonn.47.10 | |
| For thou nor farther then my thoughts canst moue, | For thou not farther than my thoughts canst move, | | Sonn.47.11 | |
| And I am still with them, and they with thee. | And I am still with them, and they with thee; | | Sonn.47.12 | |
| Or if they sleepe, thy picture in my sight | Or, if they sleep, thy picture in my sight | | Sonn.47.13 | |
| Awakes my heart, to hearts and eyes delight. | Awakes my heart to heart's and eye's delight. | | Sonn.47.14 | |
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| 48 | 48 | | Sonn.48 | |
| HOw carefull was I when I tooke my way, | How careful was I when I took my way, | | Sonn.48.1 | |
| Each trifle vnder truest barres to thrust, | Each trifle under truest bars to thrust, | true (adj.)reliable, trustworthy, dependable | Sonn.48.2 | |
| | bar (n.)lock, barrier, barricade | | |
| That to my vse it might vn-vsed stay | That to my use it might unused stay | stay (v.)remain, continue, endure | Sonn.48.3 | |
| From hands of falsehood, in sure wards of trust? | From hands of falsehood, in sure wards of trust! | ward (n.)guard, protection, defence | Sonn.48.4 | |
| But thou, to whom my iewels trifles are, | But thou, to whom my jewels trifles are, | | Sonn.48.5 | |
| Most worthy comfort, now my greatest griefe, | Most worthy comfort, now my greatest grief, | | Sonn.48.6 | |
| Thou best of deerest, and mine onely care, | Thou best of dearest and mine only care, | care (n.)responsibility, duty, matter of concern | Sonn.48.7 | |
| Art left the prey of euery vulgar theefe. | Art left the prey of every vulgar thief. | | Sonn.48.8 | |
| Thee haue I not lockt vp in any chest, | Thee have I not locked up in any chest, | | Sonn.48.9 | |
| Saue where thou art not, though I feele thou art, | Save where thou art not, though I feel thou art, | | Sonn.48.10 | |
| Within the gentle closure of my brest, | Within the gentle closure of my breast, | closure (n.)enclosure, bound, limit | Sonn.48.11 | |
| | gentle (adj.)soft, tender, kind | | |
| | gentle (adj.)peaceful, calm, free from violence | | |
| From whence at pleasure thou maist come and part, | From whence at pleasure thou mayst come and part; | | Sonn.48.12 | |
| And euen thence thou wilt be stolne I feare, | And even thence thou wilt be stol'n, I fear, | | Sonn.48.13 | |
| For truth prooues theeuish for a prize so deare. | For truth proves thievish for a prize so dear. | | Sonn.48.14 | |
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| 49 | 49 | | Sonn.49 | |
| AGainst that time (if cuer that time come) | Against that time (if ever that time come) | against, 'gainst (prep.)in preparation for, in anticipation of | Sonn.49.1 | |
| When I shall see thee frowne on my defects, | When I shall see thee frown on my defects, | | Sonn.49.2 | |
| When as thy loue hath cast his vtmost summe, | Whenas thy love hath cast his utmost sum, | | Sonn.49.3 | |
| Cauld to that audite by aduis'd respects, | Called to that audit by advised respects; | advised, avised (adj.)judicious, wise, prudent | Sonn.49.4 | |
| | audit (n.)account, reckoning [especially: in the face of God] | | |
| | respect (n.)consideration, factor, circumstance | | |
| Against that time when thou shalt strangely passe, | Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass, | strangely (adv.)like a stranger, distantly, in an unfriendly manner | Sonn.49.5 | |
| And scarcely greete me with that sunne thine eye, | And scarcely greet me with that sun thine eye, | | Sonn.49.6 | |
| When loue conuerted from the thing it was | When love converted from the thing it was | convert (v.)change, transform, alter | Sonn.49.7 | |
| Shall reasons finde of setled grauitie. | Shall reasons find of settled gravity; | settled (adj.)calm, steadfast, composed | Sonn.49.8 | |
| | gravity (n.)respectability, authority, dignified position | | |
| Against that time do I insconce me here | Against that time do I ensconce me here | ensconce, insconce (v.)secure, establish oneself firmly | Sonn.49.9 | |
| Within the knowledge of mine owne desart, | Within the knowledge of mine own desart, | desert, desart (n.)worth, merit, deserving | Sonn.49.10 | |
| And this my hand, against my selfe vpreare, | And this my hand against myself uprear | uprear (v.)upraise, lift up | Sonn.49.11 | |
| To guard the lawfull reasons on thy part, | To guard the lawful reasons on thy part: | guard (v.)safeguard, protect, justify | Sonn.49.12 | |
| To leaue poore me, thou hast the strength of lawes, | To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws, | | Sonn.49.13 | |
| Since why to loue, I can alledge no cause. | Since why to love I can allege no cause. | | Sonn.49.14 | |
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| 50 | 50 | | Sonn.50 | |
| HOw heauie doe I iourney on the way, | How heavy do I journey on the way, | heavy (adj.)weary, exhausted, worn out | Sonn.50.1 | |
| When what I seeke (my wearie trauels end) | When what I seek (my weary travel's end) | | Sonn.50.2 | |
| Doth teach that ease and that repose to say | Doth teach that ease and that repose to say | | Sonn.50.3 | |
| Thus farre the miles are measurde from thy friend. | Thus far the miles are measured from thy friend. | | Sonn.50.4 | |
| The beast that beares me, tired with my woe, | The beast that bears me, tired with my woe, | | Sonn.50.5 | |
| Plods duly on, to beare that waight in me, | Plods dully on, to bear that weight in me, | | Sonn.50.6 | |
| As if by some instinct the wretch did know | As if by some instinct the wretch did know | | Sonn.50.7 | |
| His rider lou'd not speed being made from thee: | His rider loved not speed being made from thee: | | Sonn.50.8 | |
| The bloody spurre cannot prouoke him on, | The bloody spur cannot provoke him on | | Sonn.50.9 | |
| That some-times anger thrusts into his hide, | That sometimes anger thrusts into his hide, | | Sonn.50.10 | |
| Which heauily he answers with a grone, | Which heavily he answers with a groan, | | Sonn.50.11 | |
| More sharpe to me then spurring to his side, | More sharp to me than spurring to his side; | | Sonn.50.12 | |
| For that same grone doth put this in my mind, | For that same groan doth put this in my mind: | | Sonn.50.13 | |
| My greefe lies onward and my ioy behind. | My grief lies onward and my joy behind. | | Sonn.50.14 | |
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| 51 | 51 | | Sonn.51 | |
| THus can my loue excuse the slow offence, | Thus can my love excuse the slow offence | | Sonn.51.1 | |
| Of my dull bearer, when from thee I speed, | Of my dull bearer, when from thee I speed: | speed (v.)travel speedily, make a hasty expedition | Sonn.51.2 | |
| From where thou art, why shoulld I hast me thence, | From where thou art why should I haste me thence? | | Sonn.51.3 | |
| Till I returne of posting is noe need. | Till I return, of posting is no need. | posting (n.)haste, speed, rush | Sonn.51.4 | |
| O what excuse will my poore beast then find, | O, what excuse will my poor beast then find, | | Sonn.51.5 | |
| When swift extremity can seeme but slow, | When swift extremity can seem but slow? | | Sonn.51.6 | |
| Then should I spurre though mounted on the wind, | Then should I spur, though mounted on the wind; | | Sonn.51.7 | |
| In winged speed no motion shall I know, | In winged speed no motion shall I know: | | Sonn.51.8 | |
| Then can no horse with my desire keepe pace, | Then can no horse with my desire keep pace; | | Sonn.51.9 | |
| Therefore desire (of perfects loue being made) | Therefore desire (of perfect'st love being made) | | Sonn.51.10 | |
| Shall naigh noe dull flesh in his fiery race, | Shall neigh, no dull flesh in his fiery race, | | Sonn.51.11 | |
| But loue, for loue, thus shall excuse my iade, | But love, for love, thus shall excuse my jade; | jade (n.)worn-out horse, hack, worthless nag | Sonn.51.12 | |
| Since from thee going, he went wilfull slow, | Since from thee going he went wilful slow, | wilful (adv.)wilfully, deliberately | Sonn.51.13 | |
| Towards thee ile run, and giue him leaue to goe. | Towards thee I'll run, and give him leave to go. | | Sonn.51.14 | |
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| 52 | 52 | | Sonn.52 | |
| SO am I as the rich whose blessed key, | So am I as the rich, whose blessed key | | Sonn.52.1 | |
| Can bring him to his sweet vp-locked treasure, | Can bring him to his sweet uplocked treasure, | uplocked (adj.)locked up, hidden safely away | Sonn.52.2 | |
| The which he will not eu'ry hower suruay, | The which he will not ev'ry hour survey, | | Sonn.52.3 | |
| For blunting the fine point of seldome pleasure. | For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure. | seldom (adj.)rare, infrequent, uncommon | Sonn.52.4 | |
| Therefore are feasts so sollemne and so rare, | Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare, | rare (adj.)infrequent, uncommon, few in number | Sonn.52.5 | |
| Since sildom comming in the long yeare set, | Since, seldom coming in the long year set, | | Sonn.52.6 | |
| Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, | Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, | | Sonn.52.7 | |
| Or captaine Iewells in the carconet. | Or captain jewels in the carcanet. | carcanet (n.)jewelled necklace | Sonn.52.8 | |
| | captain (adj.)principal, pre-eminent, chief | | |
| So is the time that keepes you as my chest, | So is the time that keeps you as my chest, | | Sonn.52.9 | |
| Or as the ward-robe which the robe doth hide, | Or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hide, | | Sonn.52.10 | |
| To make some speciall instant speciall blest, | To make some special instant special blest, | | Sonn.52.11 | |
| By new vnfoulding his imprison'd pride. | By new unfolding his imprisoned pride. | | Sonn.52.12 | |
| Blessed are you whose worthinesse giues skope, | Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope, | | Sonn.52.13 | |
| Being had to tryumph, being lackt to hope. | Being had, to triumph, being lacked, to hope. | | Sonn.52.14 | |
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| 53 | 53 | | Sonn.53 | |
| WHat is your substance, whereof are you made, | What is your substance, whereof are you made, | | Sonn.53.1 | |
| That millions of strange shaddowes on you tend? | That millions of strange shadows on you tend? | tend on / upon (v.)serve, follow, wait upon, escort | Sonn.53.2 | |
| | strange (adj.)of another person, not one's own | | |
| | shadow (n.)spirit, phantom, spectre, ghost | | |
| Since euery one, hath euery one, one shade, | Since every one hath, every one, one shade, | shade (n.)shadow, unreal image, unsubstantial semblance | Sonn.53.3 | |
| And you but one, can euery shaddow lend : | And you but one, can every shadow lend. | | Sonn.53.4 | |
| Describe Adonis and the counterfet, | Describe Adonis, and the counterfeit | counterfeit (n.)likeness, portrait, image | Sonn.53.5 | |
| | Adonis (n.)[pron: a'dohnis] handsome young man loved by Aphrodite (Greek goddess of sexual love) or (in Roman mythology) Venus | | |
| Is poorely immitated after you, | Is poorly imitated after you; | | Sonn.53.6 | |
| On Hellens cheeke all art of beautie set, | On Helen's cheek all art of beauty set, | Helen (n.)woman renowned for her beauty, whose abduction from the Greeks by Paris of Troy caused the Trojan War | Sonn.53.7 | |
| And you in Grecian tires are painted new: | And you in Grecian tires are painted new: | tire (n.)head-dress, ornament for the head, raiment | Sonn.53.8 | |
| Speake of the spring, and foyzon of the yeare, | Speak of the spring and foison of the year, | foison, foizon (n.)[pron: 'foyzn] abundance, plenty, profusion | Sonn.53.9 | |
| The one doth shaddow of your beautie show, | The one doth shadow of your beauty show, | shadow (n.)reflection, reflected image | Sonn.53.10 | |
| The other as your bountie doth appeare, | The other as your bounty doth appear, | bounty (n.)great generosity, gracious liberality, munificence | Sonn.53.11 | |
| And you in euery blessed shape we know. | And you in every blessed shape we know. | | Sonn.53.12 | |
| In all externall grace you haue some part, | In all external grace you have some part, | | Sonn.53.13 | |
| But you like none, none you for constant heart. | But you like none, none you, for constant heart. | | Sonn.53.14 | |
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| 54 | 54 | | Sonn.54 | |
| OH how much more doth beautie beautious seeme, | Oh how much more doth beauty beauteous seem | | Sonn.54.1 | |
| By that sweet ornament which truth doth giue, | By that sweet ornament which truth doth give! | | Sonn.54.2 | |
| The Rose lookes faire, but fairer we it deeme | The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem | | Sonn.54.3 | |
| For that sweet odor, which doth in it liue: | For that sweet odour which doth in it live. | | Sonn.54.4 | |
| The Canker bloomes haue full as deepe a die, | The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye | canker-bloom (n.)blossom of the wild rose | Sonn.54.5 | |
| As the perfumed tincture of the Roses, | As the perfumed tincture of the roses, | tincture (n.)tinge, hint, flavour | Sonn.54.6 | |
| Hang on such thornes, and play as wantonly, | Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly, | wantonly (adv.)playfully, frolicsomely, unrestrainedly | Sonn.54.7 | |
| When sommers breath their masked buds discloses: | When summer's breath their masked buds discloses: | disclose (v.)open up, unfold, unclose | Sonn.54.8 | |
| But for their virtue only is their show, | But, for their virtue only is their show, | | Sonn.54.9 | |
| They liue vnwoo'd, and vnrespected fade, | They live unwooed, and unrespected fade, | | Sonn.54.10 | |
| Die to themselues. Sweet Roses doe not so, | Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so; | | Sonn.54.11 | |
| Of their sweet deathes, are sweetest odors made : | Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made: | | Sonn.54.12 | |
| And so of you, beautious and louely youth, | And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth, | | Sonn.54.13 | |
| When that shall vade, by verse distils your truth. | When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth. | vade (v.)fade, pass away, disappear | Sonn.54.14 | |
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| 55 | 55 | | Sonn.55 | |
| NOt marble, nor the guilded monument, | Not marble, nor the gilded monuments | | Sonn.55.1 | |
| Of Princes shall out-liue this powrefull rime, | Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme, | | Sonn.55.2 | |
| But you shall shine more bright in these contents | But you shall shine more bright in these contents | | Sonn.55.3 | |
| Then vnswept stone, besmeer'd with sluttish time. | Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. | | Sonn.55.4 | |
| When wastefull warre shall Statues ouer-turne, | When wasteful war shall statues overturn, | wasteful (adj.)destructive, devastating, ruinous | Sonn.55.5 | |
| And broiles roote out the worke of masonry, | And broils root out the work of masonry, | broil (n.)turmoil, confused fighting, battle | Sonn.55.6 | |
| Nor Mars his sword, nor warres quick fire shall burne: | Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn | Mars (n.)Roman god of war | Sonn.55.7 | |
| The liuing record of your memory. | The living record of your memory. | | Sonn.55.8 | |
| Gainst death, and all obliuious emnity | 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity | all-obliviousforgetting everything | Sonn.55.9 | |
| Shall you pace forth, your praise shall stil finde roome, | Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room, | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.55.10 | |
| Euen in the eyes of all posterity | Even in the eyes of all posterity | | Sonn.55.11 | |
| That weare this world out to the ending doome. | That wear this world out to the ending doom. | | Sonn.55.12 | |
| So til the iudgement that your selfe arise, | So, till the judgement that yourself arise, | judgement (n.)judgement day | Sonn.55.13 | |
| You liue in this, and dwell in louers eies. | You live in this, and dwell in lover's eyes. | | Sonn.55.14 | |
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| 56 | 56 | | Sonn.56 | |
| Sweet loue renew thy force, be it not said | Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said | | Sonn.56.1 | |
| Thy edge should blunter be then apetite, | Thy edge should blunter be than appetite, | appetite (n.)sexual desire, passion | Sonn.56.2 | |
| Which but too daie by feeding is alaied, | Which but today by feeding is allayed, | | Sonn.56.3 | |
| To morrow sharpned in his former might. | Tomorrow sharpened in his former might. | | Sonn.56.4 | |
| So loue be thou, although too daie thou fill | So, love, be thou; although today thou fill | | Sonn.56.5 | |
| Thy hungrie eies, euen till they winck with fulnesse, | Thy hungry eyes, even till they wink with fulness, | wink (v.)shut one's eyes | Sonn.56.6 | |
| Too morrow see againe, and doe not kill | Tomorrow see again, and do not kill | | Sonn.56.7 | |
| The spirit of Loue, with a perpetual dulnesse: | The spirit of love with a perpetual dullness. | dullness, dulness (n.)lethargy, sluggishness, inactivity | Sonn.56.8 | |
| Let this sad Intrim like the Ocean be | Let this sad interim like the ocean be | sad (adj.)downcast, distressed, mournful, gloomy | Sonn.56.9 | |
| | interim (n.)interval, break, interlude | | |
| Which parts the shore, where two contracted new, | Which parts the shore, where two contracted new | | Sonn.56.10 | |
| Come daily to the banckes, that when they see: | Come daily to the banks, that when they see | bank (n.)coast, shore | Sonn.56.11 | |
| Returne of loue, more blest may be the view. | Return of love, more blest may be the view. | | Sonn.56.12 | |
| As cal it Winter, which being ful of care, | Else call it winter, which being full of care, | | Sonn.56.13 | |
| Makes Sõmers welcome, thrice more wish'd, more rare. | Makes summer's welcome thrice more wished, more rare. | wish (v.)hope, desire | Sonn.56.14 | |
| | rare (adj.)marvellous, splendid, excellent | | |
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| 57 | 57 | | Sonn.57 | |
| BEing your slaue what should I doe but tend, | Being your slave, what should I do but tend | tend (v.)attend, wait on, serve | Sonn.57.1 | |
| Vpon the houres, and times of your desire? | Upon the hours and times of your desire? | | Sonn.57.2 | |
| I haue no precious time at al to spend; | I have no precious time at all to spend, | | Sonn.57.3 | |
| Nor seruices to doe til you require. | Nor services to do, till you require. | | Sonn.57.4 | |
| Nor dare I chide the world without end houre, | Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour, | chide (v.), past form chidscold, rebuke, reprove | Sonn.57.5 | |
| Whilst I (my soueraine) watch the clock for you, | Whilst I (my sovereign) watch the clock for you, | | Sonn.57.6 | |
| Nor thinke the bitternesse of absence sowre, | Nor think the bitterness of absence sour, | | Sonn.57.7 | |
| When you haue bid your seruant once adieue. | When you have bid your servant once adieu. | | Sonn.57.8 | |
| Nor dare I question with my iealious thought, | Nor dare I question with my jealous thought | | Sonn.57.9 | |
| Where you may be, or your affaires suppose, | Where you may be, or your affairs suppose, | suppose (v.)guess at, speculate about | Sonn.57.10 | |
| But like a sad slaue stay and thinke of nought | But like a sad slave stay and think of nought | sad (adj.)downcast, distressed, mournful, gloomy | Sonn.57.11 | |
| Saue where you are, how happy you make those. | Save where you are, how happy you make those. | | Sonn.57.12 | |
| So true a foole is loue, that in your Will, | So true a fool is love, that in your will, | | Sonn.57.13 | |
| (Though you doe any thing) he thinkes no ill. | Though you do any thing, he thinks no ill. | ill (n.)wrong, injury, harm, evil | Sonn.57.14 | |
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| 58 | 58 | | Sonn.58 | |
| THat God forbid, that made me first your slaue, | That god forbid that made me first your slave, | | Sonn.58.1 | |
| I should in thought controule your times of pleasure, | I should in thought control your times of pleasure, | | Sonn.58.2 | |
| Or at your hand th' account of houres to craue, | Or at your hand th' account of hours to crave, | | Sonn.58.3 | |
| Being your vassail bound to staie your leisure. | Being your vassal, bound to stay your leisure. | vassal (n.)servant, slave, subject | Sonn.58.4 | |
| | leisure (n.)opportunity, moment, available time | | |
| | stay (v.)wait (for), await | | |
| Oh let me suffer (being at your beck) | Oh let me suffer (being at your beck) | suffer (v.)bear, endure, stand | Sonn.58.5 | |
| | beck (n.)beckoning, command, call | | |
| Th' imprison'd absence of your libertie, | Th' imprisoned absence of your liberty, | | Sonn.58.6 | |
| And patience tame, to sufferance bide each check, | And patience tame to sufferance bide each check, | bide (v.)endure, suffer, undergo | Sonn.58.7 | |
| | check (n.)repulse, reverse, resistance | | |
| | tame (adj.)submissive, resigned, habituated | | |
| | sufferance (n.)distress, suffering, hardship | | |
| Without accusing you of iniury. | Without accusing you of injury. | | Sonn.58.8 | |
| Be where you list, your charter is so strong, | Be where you list, your charter is so strong | charter (n.)right, privilege, prerogative | Sonn.58.9 | |
| | list (v.)wish, like, please | | |
| That you your selfe may priuiledge your time | That you yourself may privilege your time | privilege (v.)authorize, license, sanction | Sonn.58.10 | |
| To what you will, to you it doth belong, | To what you will, to you it doth belong, | | Sonn.58.11 | |
| Your selfe to pardon of selfe-doing crime. | Yourself to pardon of self-doing crime. | | Sonn.58.12 | |
| I am to waite, though waiting so be hell, | I am to wait, though waiting so be hell, | | Sonn.58.13 | |
| Not blame your pleasure be it ill or well. | Not blame your pleasure, be it ill or well. | ill (adj.)bad, adverse, unfavourable | Sonn.58.14 | |
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| 59 | 59 | | Sonn.59 | |
| IF their bee nothing new, but that which is, | If there be nothing new, but that which is | | Sonn.59.1 | |
| Hath beene before, how are our braines beguild, | Hath been before, how are our brains beguiled, | beguile (v.)cheat, deceive, trick | Sonn.59.2 | |
| Which laboring for inuention beare amisse | Which labouring for invention bear amiss | amiss (adv.)wrongly, improperly, in an unseemly way | Sonn.59.3 | |
| | invention (n.)inventiveness, imagination, creative faculty | | |
| The second burthen of a former child? | The second burthen of a former child? | burden, burthen (n.)birth, state of pregnancy | Sonn.59.4 | |
| Oh that record could with a back-ward looke, | Oh that record could with a backward look, | record (n.)recollection, memory | Sonn.59.5 | |
| Euen of hue hundreth courses of the Sunne, | Even of five hundred courses of the sun, | | Sonn.59.6 | |
| Show me your image in some antique booke, | Show me your image in some antique book, | antic, antick(e), antique (adj.)ancient, olden, former | Sonn.59.7 | |
| Since minde at first in carrecter was done. | Since mind at first in character was done. | character (n.)handwriting, style of writing, lettering | Sonn.59.8 | |
| That I might see what the old world could say, | That I might see what the old world could say | | Sonn.59.9 | |
| To this composed wonder of your frame, | To this composed wonder of your frame, | | Sonn.59.10 | |
| Whether we are mended, or where better they, | Whether we are mended, or where better they, | mend (v.)amend, improve, make better, put right | Sonn.59.11 | |
| Or whether reuolution be the same. | Or whether revolution be the same. | | Sonn.59.12 | |
| Oh sure I am the wits of former daies, | Oh sure I am, the wits of former days | wit (n.)lively person, sharp-minded individual | Sonn.59.13 | |
| To subiects worse haue giuen admiring praise. | To subjects worse have given admiring praise. | | Sonn.59.14 | |
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| 60 | 60 | | Sonn.60 | |
| LIke as the waues make towards the pibled shore, | Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, | like as (conj.)just as | Sonn.60.1 | |
| So do our minuites hasten to their end, | So do our minutes hasten to their end, | | Sonn.60.2 | |
| Each changing place with that which goes before, | Each changing place with that which goes before, | | Sonn.60.3 | |
| In sequent toile all forwards do contend. | In sequent toil all forwards do contend. | contend (v.)make great efforts, strive vigorously | Sonn.60.4 | |
| | sequent (adj.)sequential, successive, one after another | | |
| Natiuity once in the maine of light. | Nativity once in the main of light | main (n.)broad expanse, open view | Sonn.60.5 | |
| Crawles to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, | Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned, | | Sonn.60.6 | |
| Crooked eclipses gainst his glory fight, | Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, | crooked (adj.)malignant, perverse, contrary, devious | Sonn.60.7 | |
| | glory (n.)splendour, magnificence, brilliance | | |
| And time that gaue, doth now his gift confound. | And Time that gave doth now his gift confound. | | Sonn.60.8 | |
| Time doth transfixe the florish set on youth, | Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, | | Sonn.60.9 | |
| And delues the paralels in beauties brow, | And delves the parallels in beauty's brow, | brow (n.)forehead [often plural, referring to the two prominences of the forehead] | Sonn.60.10 | |
| Feedes on the rarities of natures truth, | Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, | | Sonn.60.11 | |
| And nothing stands but for his sieth to mow. | And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. | | Sonn.60.12 | |
| And yet to times in hope, my verse shall stand | And yet to times in hope, my verse shall stand | | Sonn.60.13 | |
| Praising thy worth, dispight his cruell hand. | Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. | | Sonn.60.14 | |
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| 61 | 61 | | Sonn.61 | |
| IS it thy wil, thy Image should keepe open | Is it thy will, thy image should keep open | | Sonn.61.1 | |
| My heauy eielids to the weary night? | My heavy eyelids to the weary night? | | Sonn.61.2 | |
| Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken, | Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken, | | Sonn.61.3 | |
| While shadowes like to thee do mocke my sight? | While shadows like to thee do mock my sight? | mock (v.)deceive, delude, mislead | Sonn.61.4 | |
| | shadow (n.)illusion, unreal image, delusion | | |
| Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee | Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee | | Sonn.61.5 | |
| So farre from home into my deeds to prye, | So far from home into my deeds to pry, | | Sonn.61.6 | |
| To find out shames and idle houres in me, | To find out shames and idle hours in me, | | Sonn.61.7 | |
| The skope and tenure of thy Ielousie? | The scope and tenure of thy jealousy? | | Sonn.61.8 | |
| O no, thy loue though much, is not so great, | O no, thy love, though much, is not so great: | | Sonn.61.9 | |
| It is my loue that keepes mine eie awake, | It is my love that keeps mine eye awake; | | Sonn.61.10 | |
| Mine owne true loue that doth my rest defeat, | Mine own true love that doth my rest defeat, | | Sonn.61.11 | |
| To plaie the watch-man euer for thy sake. | To play the watchman ever for thy sake: | | Sonn.61.12 | |
| For thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake elsewhere, | For thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake elsewhere, | watch (v.)stay awake, keep vigil | Sonn.61.13 | |
| | wake (v.)remain awake, stay up | | |
| From me farre of, with others all to neere. | From me far off, with others all too near. | | Sonn.61.14 | |
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| 62 | 62 | | Sonn.62 | |
| SInne of selfe-loue possesseth al mine eie, | Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye, | | Sonn.62.1 | |
| And all my soule, and al my euery part; | And all my soul, and all my every part; | | Sonn.62.2 | |
| And for this sinne there is no remedie, | And for this sin there is no remedy, | | Sonn.62.3 | |
| It is so grounded inward in my heart. | It is so grounded inward in my heart. | inward (adv.)internally, inside | Sonn.62.4 | |
| | grounded (adj.)firmly established, deep-rooted, strongly founded | | |
| Me thinkes no face so gratious is as mine, | Methinks no face so gracious is as mine, | methinks(t), methought(s) (v.)it seems / seemed to me | Sonn.62.5 | |
| No shape so true, no truth of such account, | No shape so true, no truth of such account, | true (adj.)well-proportioned, clean-cut, good-looking | Sonn.62.6 | |
| And for my selfe mine owne worth do define, | And for myself mine own worth do define, | | Sonn.62.7 | |
| As I all other in all worths surmount. | As I all other in all worths surmount. | worth (n.)worthiness, value, excellence | Sonn.62.8 | |
| | surmount (v.)excel, surpass, outshine | | |
| But when my glasse shewes me my selfe indeed | But when my glass shows me myself indeed, | glass (n.)mirror, looking-glass | Sonn.62.9 | |
| Beated and chopt with tand antiquitie, | Beated and chopped with tanned antiquity, | chopped, chopt (adj.)dried up, fissured, cracked | Sonn.62.10 | |
| | antiquity (n.)old age, seniority | | |
| Mine owne selfe loue quite contrary I read | Mine own self-love quite contrary I read; | | Sonn.62.11 | |
| Selfe, so selfe louing were iniquity, | Self so self-loving were iniquity. | | Sonn.62.12 | |
| T'is thee (my selfe) that for my selfe I praise, | 'Tis thee (my self) that for myself I praise, | | Sonn.62.13 | |
| Painting my age with beauty of thy daies, | Painting my age with beauty of thy days. | age (n.)mature years, old age | Sonn.62.14 | |
| | paint (v.)adorn, beautify, enhance | | |
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| 63 | 63 | | Sonn.63 | |
| AGainst my loue shall be as I am now | Against my love shall be as I am now | | Sonn.63.1 | |
| With times iniurious hand chrusht and ore-worne, | With Time's injurious hand crushed and o'erworn, | overworn (adj.)faded, worn out, worse for wear | Sonn.63.2 | |
| | injurious (adj.)causing injury, harmful, offending, unjust | | |
| When houres haue dreind his blood and fild his brow | When hours have drained his blood and filled his brow | brow (n.)forehead [often plural, referring to the two prominences of the forehead] | Sonn.63.3 | |
| With lines and wrincles, when his youthfull morne | With lines and wrinkles, when his youthful morn | morn (n.)morning, dawn | Sonn.63.4 | |
| Hath trauaild on to Ages steepie night, | Hath travelled on to age's steepy night, | steepy (adj.)steep, precipitous, difficult to ascend | Sonn.63.5 | |
| | travail, travel (v.)travel, journey [often overlapping with the sense of 'labour'] | | |
| And all those beauties whereof now he's King | And all those beauties whereof now he's king | | Sonn.63.6 | |
| Are vanishing, or vanisht out of sight, | Are vanishing or vanished out of sight, | | Sonn.63.7 | |
| Stealing away the treasure of his Spring. | Stealing away the treasure of his spring. | | Sonn.63.8 | |
| For such a time do I now fortifie | For such a time do I now fortify | | Sonn.63.9 | |
| Against confounding Ages cruell knife, | Against confounding age's cruel knife, | | Sonn.63.10 | |
| That he shall neuer cut from memory | That he shall never cut from memory | | Sonn.63.11 | |
| My sweet loues beauty, though my louers life. | My sweet love's beauty, though my lover's life. | | Sonn.63.12 | |
| His beautie shall in these blacke lines be seene, | His beauty shall in these black lines be seen, | | Sonn.63.13 | |
| And they shall liue, and he in them still greene. | And they shall live, and he in them still green. | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.63.14 | |
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| 64 | 64 | | Sonn.64 | |
| WHen I haue seene by times fell hand defaced | When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced | fell (adj.)cruel, fierce, savage | Sonn.64.1 | |
| The rich proud cost of outworne buried age, | The rich proud cost of outworn buried age; | | Sonn.64.2 | |
| When sometime loftie towers I see downe rased, | When sometime lofty towers I see down razed, | razed downobliterated, torn down | Sonn.64.3 | |
| | sometime (adj.)former, previous | | |
| | sometime (adv.)formerly, at one time, once | | |
| And brasse eternall slaue to mortall rage. | And brass eternal slave to mortal rage; | | Sonn.64.4 | |
| When I haue seene the hungry Ocean gaine | When I have seen the hungry ocean gain | | Sonn.64.5 | |
| Aduantage on the Kingdome of the shoare, | Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, | advantage (n.)advantageous position, place of vantage, superiority | Sonn.64.6 | |
| And the firme soile win of the watry maine, | And the firm soil win of the wat'ry main, | main (n.)open sea, ocean | Sonn.64.7 | |
| Increasing store with losse, and losse with store. | Increasing store with loss, and loss with store; | store (n.)abundance, plenty, surplus, quantity | Sonn.64.8 | |
| When I haue seene such interchange of state, | When I have seen such interchange of state, | state (n.)condition, circumstances, situation, state of affairs | Sonn.64.9 | |
| Or state it selfe confounded, to decay, | Or state itself confounded, to decay; | | Sonn.64.10 | |
| Ruine hath taught me thus to ruminate | Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate | | Sonn.64.11 | |
| That Time will come and take my loue away. | That Time will come and take my love away. | | Sonn.64.12 | |
| This thought is as a death which cannot choose | This thought is as a death which cannot choose | | Sonn.64.13 | |
| But weepe to haue, that which it feares to loose. | But weep to have that which it fears to lose. | | Sonn.64.14 | |
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| 65 | 65 | | Sonn.65 | |
| SInce brasse, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundlesse sea, | Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, | | Sonn.65.1 | |
| But sad mortallity ore-swaies their power, | But sad mortality o'ersways their power, | oversway (v.)prevail upon, override, overturn | Sonn.65.2 | |
| | sad (adj.)serious, grave, solemn | | |
| How with this rage shall beautie hold a plea, | How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, | | Sonn.65.3 | |
| Whose action is no stronger then a flower? | Whose action is no stronger than a flower? | | Sonn.65.4 | |
| O how shall summers hunny breath hold out, | O how shall summer's honey breath hold out | | Sonn.65.5 | |
| Against the wrackfull siedge of battring dayes, | Against the wrackful siege of batt'ring days, | siege (n.)onslaught, storm, assail | Sonn.65.6 | |
| | wrackful (adj.)destructive, devastating, damaging | | |
| When rocks impregnable are not so stoute, | When rocks impregnable are not so stout, | | Sonn.65.7 | |
| Nor gates of steele so strong but time decayes? | Nor gates of steel so strong but Time decays? | | Sonn.65.8 | |
| O fearefull meditation, where alack, | O fearful meditation, where alack, | | Sonn.65.9 | |
| Shall times best Iewell from times chest lie hid? | Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid? | | Sonn.65.10 | |
| Or what strong hand can hold his swift foote back, | Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back, | | Sonn.65.11 | |
| Or who his spoile or beautie can forbid? | Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid? | spoil (n.)plundering, pillaging, despoiling | Sonn.65.12 | |
| O none, vnlesse this miracle haue might, | O none, unless this miracle have might, | | Sonn.65.13 | |
| That in black inck my loue may still shine bright. | That in black ink my love may still shine bright. | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.65.14 | |
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| 66 | 66 | | Sonn.66 | |
| TYr'd with all these for restfull death I cry, | Tired with all these, for restful death I cry, | | Sonn.66.1 | |
| As to behold desert a begger borne, | As, to behold desert a beggar born, | desert, desart (n.)worth, merit, deserving | Sonn.66.2 | |
| And needie Nothing trimd in iollitie, | And needy nothing trimmed in jollity, | | Sonn.66.3 | |
| And purest faith vnhappily forsworne, | And purest faith unhappily forsworn, | forswear (v), past forms forsworn, forsworeswear falsely, perjure [oneself], break one's word | Sonn.66.4 | |
| And gilded honor shamefully misplast, | And gilded honour shamefully misplaced, | | Sonn.66.5 | |
| And maiden vertue rudely strumpeted, | And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted, | strumpet (v.)make a whore, pervert, debauch | Sonn.66.6 | |
| | rudely (adv.)violently, roughly, with great force | | |
| And right perfection wrongfully disgrac'd, | And right perfection wrongfully disgraced, | right (adj.)veritable, true, good | Sonn.66.7 | |
| And strength by limping sway disabled, | And strength by limping sway disabled, | sway (n.)controlling influence, guiding power, direction | Sonn.66.8 | |
| And arte made tung-tide by authoritie, | And art made tongue-tied by authority, | art (n.)rhetorical art, verbal artistry | Sonn.66.9 | |
| And Folly (Doctor-like) controuling skill, | And folly (doctor-like) controlling skill, | | Sonn.66.10 | |
| And simple-Truth miscalde Simplicitie, | And simple truth miscalled simplicity, | simplicity (n.)naivety, foolishness, artlessness | Sonn.66.11 | |
| And captiue-good attending Captaine ill. | And captive good attending captain ill: | attend (v.)serve, follow, wait [on/upon] | Sonn.66.12 | |
| | ill (n.)wrong, injury, harm, evil | | |
| Tyr'd with all these, from these would I be gone, | Tired with all these, from these would I be gone, | | Sonn.66.13 | |
| Saue that to dye, I leaue my loue alone. | Save that, to die, I leave my love alone. | | Sonn.66.14 | |
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| 67 | 67 | | Sonn.67 | |
| AH wherefore with infection should he liue, | Ah wherefore with infection should he live, | | Sonn.67.1 | |
| And with his presence grace impietie, | And with his presence grace impiety, | | Sonn.67.2 | |
| That sinne by him aduantage should atchiue, | That sin by him advantage should achieve, | achieve (v.)gain, obtain, procure | Sonn.67.3 | |
| | advantage (n.)benefit, gain, advancement, profit | | |
| And lace it selfe with his societie? | And lace itself with his society? | lace (v.)ornament, trim, bedeck [as if with lace] | Sonn.67.4 | |
| Why should false painting immitate his cheeke, | Why should false painting imitate his cheek, | false (adj.)sham, spurious, not genuine, artificial | Sonn.67.5 | |
| And steale dead seeing of his liuing hew? | And steal dead seeing of his living hue? | | Sonn.67.6 | |
| Why should poore beautie indirectly seeke, | Why should poor beauty indirectly seek | | Sonn.67.7 | |
| Roses of shaddow, since his Rose is true? | Roses of shadow, since his rose is true? | shadow (n.)illusion, unreal image, delusion | Sonn.67.8 | |
| Why should he liue, now nature banckrout is, | Why should he live, now Nature bankrupt is, | | Sonn.67.9 | |
| Beggerd of blood to blush through liuely vaines, | Beggared of blood to blush through lively veins, | beggar (v.)impoverish, exhaust, drain | Sonn.67.10 | |
| For she hath no exchecker now but his, | For she hath no exchequer now but his, | | Sonn.67.11 | |
| And proud of many, liues vpon his gaines? | And proud of many, lives upon his gains. | | Sonn.67.12 | |
| O him she stores, to show what welth she had, | O him she stores, to show what wealth she had, | | Sonn.67.13 | |
| In daies long since, before these last so bad. | In days long since, before these last so bad. | | Sonn.67.14 | |
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| 68 | 68 | | Sonn.68 | |
| THus is his cheeke the map of daies out-worne, | Thus in his cheek the map of days outworn, | map (n.)outline, picture, image | Sonn.68.1 | |
| When beauty liu'd and dy'ed as flowers do now, | When beauty lived and died as flowers do now, | | Sonn.68.2 | |
| Before these bastard signes of faire were borne, | Before these bastard signs of fair were born, | bastard (adj.)illegitimate, spurious, unauthorized | Sonn.68.3 | |
| | fair (n.)fair face, beauty | | |
| Or durst inhabit on a liuing brow: | Or durst inhabit on a living brow; | brow (n.)appearance, aspect, countenance | Sonn.68.4 | |
| Before the goulden tresses of the dead, | Before the golden tresses of the dead, | | Sonn.68.5 | |
| The right of sepulchers, were shorne away, | The right of sepulchres, were shorn away, | | Sonn.68.6 | |
| To liue a scond life on second head, | To live a second life on second head, | | Sonn.68.7 | |
| Ere beauties dead fleece made another gay: | Ere beauty's dead fleece made another gay: | | Sonn.68.8 | |
| In him those holy antique howers are seene, | In him those holy antique hours are seen, | antic, antick(e), antique (adj.)ancient, olden, former | Sonn.68.9 | |
| Without all ornament, it selfe and true, | Without all ornament, itself and true, | | Sonn.68.10 | |
| Making no summer of an others greene, | Making no summer of another's green, | green (n.)greenery, grass, vegetation | Sonn.68.11 | |
| Robbing no ould to dresse his beauty new, | Robbing no old to dress his beauty new; | | Sonn.68.12 | |
| And him as for a map doth Nature store, | And him as for a map doth Nature store, | map (n.)epitome, embodiment, incarnation | Sonn.68.13 | |
| To shew faulse Art what beauty was of yore. | To show false Art what beauty was of yore. | yore, ofof old, formerly, in times long past | Sonn.68.14 | |
| | false (adj.)sham, spurious, not genuine, artificial | | |
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| 69 | 69 | | Sonn.69 | |
| THose parts of thee that the worlds eye doth view, | Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth view | part (n.)quality, attribute, gift, accomplishment [of mind or body] | Sonn.69.1 | |
| Want nothing that the thought of hearts can mend: | Want nothing that the thought of hearts can mend; | mend (v.)amend, improve, make better, put right | Sonn.69.2 | |
| | want (v.)lack, need, be without | | |
| All toungs (the voice of soules) giue thee that end, | All tongues (the voice of souls) give thee that due, | | Sonn.69.3 | |
| Vttring bare truth, euen so as foes Commend. | Uttering bare truth, even so as foes commend. | commend (v.)praise, admire, extol | Sonn.69.4 | |
| Their outward thus with outward praise is crownd, | Thine outward thus with outward praise is crowned, | outward (n.)outward show, external appearance, demeanour | Sonn.69.5 | |
| But those same toungs that giue thee so thine owne, | But those same tongues that give thee so thine own, | | Sonn.69.6 | |
| In other accents doe this praise confound | In other accents do this praise confound | confound (v.)destroy, overthrow, ruin | Sonn.69.7 | |
| | accent (n.)talk, speech, utterance, words | | |
| By seeing farther then the eye hath showne. | By seeing farther than the eye hath shown. | | Sonn.69.8 | |
| They looke into the beauty of thy mind, | They look into the beauty of thy mind, | | Sonn.69.9 | |
| And that in guesse they measure by thy deeds, | And that, in guess, they measure by thy deeds; | guess (n.)conjecture, opinion, view | Sonn.69.10 | |
| Then churls their thoughts (although their eies were kind) | Then, churls, their thoughts, although their eyes were kind, | churl (v.)turn churlish, become ungracious | Sonn.69.11 | |
| To thy faire flower ad the rancke smell of weeds, | To thy fair flower add the rank smell of weeds. | rank (adj.)foul-smelling, stinking | Sonn.69.12 | |
| But why thy odor matcheth not thy show, | But why thy odour matcheth not thy show, | | Sonn.69.13 | |
| The solye is this, that thou doest common grow. | The soil is this, that thou dost common grow. | | Sonn.69.14 | |
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| 70 | 70 | | Sonn.70 | |
| THat thou are blam'd shall not be thy defect, | That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect, | | Sonn.70.1 | |
| For slanders marke was euer yet the faire, | For slander's mark was ever yet the fair; | fair (n.)fair face, beauty | Sonn.70.2 | |
| The ornament of beauty is suspect, | The ornament of beauty is suspect, | suspect (n.)suspicion, mistrust, doubt | Sonn.70.3 | |
| A Crow that flies in heauens sweetest ayre. | A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air. | | Sonn.70.4 | |
| So thou be good, slander doth but approue, | So thou be good, slander doth but approve | approve (v.)prove, confirm, corroborate, substantiate | Sonn.70.5 | |
| Their worth the greater beeing woo'd of time, | Thy worth the greater, being wooed of time, | | Sonn.70.6 | |
| For Canker vice the sweetest buds doth loue, | For canker vice the sweetest buds doth love, | canker (n./adj.)grub that destroys plant buds and leaves, cankerworm, parasite | Sonn.70.7 | |
| And thou present'st a pure vnstayined prime. | And thou present'st a pure unstained prime. | prime (n.)early years, prime of life, fullness of youth | Sonn.70.8 | |
| Thou hast past by the ambush of young daies, | Thou hast passed by the ambush of young days, | | Sonn.70.9 | |
| Either not assayld, or victor beeing charg'd, | Either not assailed, or victor being charged; | | Sonn.70.10 | |
| Yet this thy praise cannot be soe thy praise, | Yet this thy praise cannot be so thy praise, | | Sonn.70.11 | |
| To tye vp enuy, euermore inlarged, | To tie up envy evermore enlarged: | enlarge (v.)release, set at large, discharge | Sonn.70.12 | |
| If some suspect of ill maskt not thy show, | If some suspect of ill masked not thy show, | suspect (n.)suspicion, mistrust, doubt | Sonn.70.13 | |
| | ill (n.)wrong, injury, harm, evil | | |
| Then thou alone kingdomes of hearts shouldst owe. | Then thou alone kingdoms of hearts shouldst owe. | owe (v.)own, possess, have | Sonn.70.14 | |
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| 71 | 71 | | Sonn.71 | |
| NOe Longer mourne for me when I am dead, | No longer mourn for me when I am dead | | Sonn.71.1 | |
| Then you shall heare the surly sullen bell | Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell | surly (adj.)gloomy, dismal, stern | Sonn.71.2 | |
| | sullen (adj.)gloomy, dismal, melancholy, mournful | | |
| Giue warning to the world that I am fled | Give warning to the world that I am fled | | Sonn.71.3 | |
| From this vile world with vildest wormes to dwell: | From this vile world with vilest worms to dwell: | | Sonn.71.4 | |
| Nay if you read this line, remember not, | Nay, if you read this line, remember not | | Sonn.71.5 | |
| The hand that writ it, for I loue you so, | The hand that writ it, for I love you so | | Sonn.71.6 | |
| That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, | That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, | | Sonn.71.7 | |
| If thinking on me then should make you woe. | If thinking on me then should make you woe. | woe (adj.)sorry, sorrowful, sad | Sonn.71.8 | |
| O if (I say) you looke vpon this verse, | O if (I say) you look upon this verse, | | Sonn.71.9 | |
| When I (perhaps) compounded am with clay, | When I perhaps compounded am with clay, | compound (v.)mix, mingle, combine | Sonn.71.10 | |
| Do not so much as my poore name reherse; | Do not so much as my poor name rehearse, | rehearse (v.)pronounce, speak, utter | Sonn.71.11 | |
| But let your loue euen with my life decay. | But let your love even with my life decay | decay (v.)be destroyed, become ruined, fail | Sonn.71.12 | |
| Least the wise world should looke into your mone, | Lest the wise world should look into your moan, | moan (n.)grief, lamentation, sorrow, complaint | Sonn.71.13 | |
| And mocke you with me after I am gon. | And mock you with me after I am gone. | | Sonn.71.14 | |
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| 72 | 72 | | Sonn.72 | |
| O Least the world should taske you to recite, | O lest the world should task you to recite | task (v.)test, try out, challenge | Sonn.72.1 | |
| What merit liu'd in me that you should loue | What merit lived in me, that you should love | | Sonn.72.2 | |
| After my death (deare loue) for get me quite, | After my death (dear love) forget me quite, | | Sonn.72.3 | |
| For you in me can nothing worthy proue. | For you in me can nothing worthy prove. | prove (v.)find, establish, experience | Sonn.72.4 | |
| Vnlesse you would deuise some vertuous lye, | Unless you would devise some virtuous lie, | | Sonn.72.5 | |
| To doe more for me then mine owne desert, | To do more for me than mine own desert, | desert, desart (n.)worth, merit, deserving | Sonn.72.6 | |
| And hang more praise vpon deceased I, | And hang more praise upon deceased I | | Sonn.72.7 | |
| Then nigard truth would willingly impart: | Than niggard truth would willingly impart: | niggard (adj.)miserly, parsimonious, sparing | Sonn.72.8 | |
| O least your true loue may seeme falce in this, | O lest your true love may seem false in this, | false (adj.)sham, spurious, not genuine, artificial | Sonn.72.9 | |
| That you for loue speake well of me vntrue, | That you for love speak well of me untrue, | untrue (adv.)untruly, unfaithfully | Sonn.72.10 | |
| My name be buried where my body is, | My name be buried where my body is, | | Sonn.72.11 | |
| And liue no more to shame nor me, nor you. | And live no more to shame nor me nor you. | | Sonn.72.12 | |
| For I am shamd by that which I bring forth, | For I am shamed by that which I bring forth, | | Sonn.72.13 | |
| And so should you, to loue things nothing worth. | And so should you, to love things nothing worth. | | Sonn.72.14 | |
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| 73 | 73 | | Sonn.73 | |
| THat time of yeeare thou maist in me behold, | That time of year thou mayst in me behold, | | Sonn.73.1 | |
| When yellow leaues, or none, or few doe hange | When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang | | Sonn.73.2 | |
| Vpon those boughes which shake against the could, | Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, | shake (v.)tremble, quake, shiver | Sonn.73.3 | |
| Bare rn'wd quiers, where late the sweet birds sang. | Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. | | Sonn.73.4 | |
| In me thou seest the twi-light of such day, | In me thou seest the twilight of such day | | Sonn.73.5 | |
| As after Sun-set fadeth in the West, | As after sunset fadeth in the West, | | Sonn.73.6 | |
| Which by and by blacke night doth take away, | Which by and by black night doth take away, | | Sonn.73.7 | |
| Deaths second selfe that seals vp all in rest. | Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. | | Sonn.73.8 | |
| In me thou seest the glowing of such fire, | In me thou seest the glowing of such fire | | Sonn.73.9 | |
| That on the ashes of his youth doth lye, | That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, | | Sonn.73.10 | |
| As the death bed, whereon it must expire, | As the deathbed, whereon it must expire, | | Sonn.73.11 | |
| Consum'd with that which it was nurrisht by. | Consumed with that which it was nourished by. | | Sonn.73.12 | |
| This thou perceu'st, which makes thy loue more strong, | This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, | | Sonn.73.13 | |
| To loue that well, which thou must leaue ere long. | To love that well, which thou must leave ere long. | | Sonn.73.14 | |
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| 74 | 74 | | Sonn.74 | |
| BVt be contented when that fell arest, | But be contented when that fell arrest | fell (adj.)mighty, terrible | Sonn.74.1 | |
| With out all bayle shall carry me away, | Without all bail shall carry me away, | | Sonn.74.2 | |
| My life hath in this line some interest, | My life hath in this line some interest, | | Sonn.74.3 | |
| Which for memoriall still with thee shall stay. | Which for memorial still with thee shall stay. | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.74.4 | |
| When thou reuewest this, thou doest reuew, | When thou reviewest this, thou dost review | review (v.)survey again, look once more at | Sonn.74.5 | |
| | review (v.)see again, observe once more | | |
| The very part was consecrate to thee, | The very part was consecrate to thee; | very (adj.)true, real, genuine | Sonn.74.6 | |
| The earth can haue but earth, which is his due, | The earth can have but earth, which is his due; | | Sonn.74.7 | |
| My spirit is thine the better part of me, | My spirit is thine, the better part of me. | | Sonn.74.8 | |
| So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life, | So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life, | dreg (n.)impurity, corruption, defiling matter | Sonn.74.9 | |
| The pray of wormes, my body being dead, | The prey of worms, my body being dead, | | Sonn.74.10 | |
| The coward conquest of a wretches knife, | The coward conquest of a wretch's knife, | coward (adj.)cowardly | Sonn.74.11 | |
| To base of thee to be remembred, | Too base of thee to be remembered. | base (adj.)poor, wretched, of low quality | Sonn.74.12 | |
| | remember (v.)recollect, recall, call to mind | | |
| The worth of that, is that which it containes, | The worth of that is that which it contains, | | Sonn.74.13 | |
| And that is this, and this with thee remaines. | And that is this, and this with thee remains. | | Sonn.74.14 | |
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| 75 | 75 | | Sonn.75 | |
| SO are you to my thoughts as food to life, | So are you to my thoughts as food to life, | | Sonn.75.1 | |
| Or as sweet season'd shewers are to the ground; | Or as sweet-seasoned showers are to the ground; | sweet-seasoned (adj.)filled with sweetness, gently falling | Sonn.75.2 | |
| And for the peace of you I hold such strife, | And for the peace of you I hold such strife | | Sonn.75.3 | |
| As twixt a miser and his wealth is found. | As 'twixt a miser and his wealth is found. | | Sonn.75.4 | |
| Now proud as an inioyer, and anon | Now proud as an enjoyer, and anon | enjoyer (n.)possessor, owner | Sonn.75.5 | |
| | anon (adv.)soon, shortly, presently | | |
| Doubting the filching age will steale his treasure, | Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure, | | Sonn.75.6 | |
| Now counting best to be with you alone, | Now counting best to be with you alone, | | Sonn.75.7 | |
| Then betterd that the world may see my pleasure. | Then bettered that the world may see my pleasure. | | Sonn.75.8 | |
| Some-time all ful with feasting on your sight, | Sometime all full with feasting on your sight, | sometime (adv.)sometimes, now and then | Sonn.75.9 | |
| And by and by cleane starued for a looke, | And by and by clean starved for a look, | clean (adv.)totally, absolutely, utterly | Sonn.75.10 | |
| | by and by (adv.)shortly, soon, before long | | |
| Possessing or pursuing no delight | Possessing or pursuing no delight, | | Sonn.75.11 | |
| Saue what is had, or must from you be tooke. | Save what is had, or must from you be took. | | Sonn.75.12 | |
| Thus do I pine and surfet day by day, | Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day, | surfeit (v.)become sick through having too much | Sonn.75.13 | |
| Or gluttoning on all, or all away, | Or gluttoning on all, or all away. | | Sonn.75.14 | |
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| 76 | 76 | | Sonn.76 | |
| WHy is my verse so barren of new pride? | Why is my verse so barren of new pride, | | Sonn.76.1 | |
| So far from variation or quicke change? | So far from variation or quick change? | quick (adj.)quick-witted, inventive, lively | Sonn.76.2 | |
| | change (n.)variation, modulation | | |
| Why with the time do I not glance aside | Why with the time do I not glance aside | glance (v.)turn, move, pass | Sonn.76.3 | |
| To new found methods, and to compounds strange? | To new found methods and to compounds strange? | | Sonn.76.4 | |
| Why write I still all one, euer the same, | Why write I still all one, ever the same, | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.76.5 | |
| And keepe inuention in a noted weed, | And keep invention in a noted weed, | noted (adj.)recognizable, well-known, familiar | Sonn.76.6 | |
| | invention (n.)inventiveness, imagination, creative faculty | | |
| | weed (n.)garment, piece of clothing | | |
| That euery word doth almost fel my name, | That every word doth almost tell my name, | | Sonn.76.7 | |
| Shewing their birth, and where they did proceed? | Showing their birth, and where they did proceed? | | Sonn.76.8 | |
| O know sweet loue I alwaies write of you, | O know sweet love I always write of you, | | Sonn.76.9 | |
| And you and loue are still my argument: | And you and love are still my argument; | argument (n.)subject of conversation, subject-matter, topic | Sonn.76.10 | |
| | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | | |
| So all my best is dressing old words new, | So all my best is dressing old words new, | | Sonn.76.11 | |
| Spending againe what is already spent: | Spending again what is already spent: | | Sonn.76.12 | |
| For as the Sun is daily new and old, | For as the sun is daily new and old, | | Sonn.76.13 | |
| So is my loue still telling what is told, | So is my love still telling what is told. | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.76.14 | |
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| 77 | 77 | | Sonn.77 | |
| THy glasse will shew thee how thy beauties were, | Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear, | glass (n.)mirror, looking-glass | Sonn.77.1 | |
| Thy dyall how thy pretious mynuits waste, | Thy dial how thy precious minutes waste; | dial (n.)watch, timepiece, pocket sundial | Sonn.77.2 | |
| The vacant leaues thy mindes imprint will beare, | The vacant leaves thy mind's imprint will bear, | vacant (adj.)lacking, devoid, deficient | Sonn.77.3 | |
| And of this booke, this learning maist thou taste. | And of this book this learning mayst thou taste. | | Sonn.77.4 | |
| The wrinckles which thy glasse will truly show, | The wrinkles which thy glass will truly show | | Sonn.77.5 | |
| Of mouthed graues will giue thee memorie, | Of mouthed graves will give thee memory; | mouthed (adj.)open-mouthed, yawning, gaping | Sonn.77.6 | |
| | memory (n.)reminder, memento | | |
| Thou by thy dyals shady stealth maist know, | Thou by thy dial's shady stealth mayst know | stealth (n.)stealing away, furtive journey, clandestine act | Sonn.77.7 | |
| Times theeuish progresse to eternitie. | Time's thievish progress to eternity. | | Sonn.77.8 | |
| Looke what thy memorie cannot containe, | Look what thy memory cannot contain, | contain (v.)retain, keep in one's possession | Sonn.77.9 | |
| Commit to these waste blacks, and thou shalt finde | Commit to these waste blanks, and thou shalt find | | Sonn.77.10 | |
| Those children nurst, deliuerd from thy braine, | Those children nursed, delivered from thy brain, | | Sonn.77.11 | |
| To take a new acquaintance of thy minde. | To take a new acquaintance of thy mind. | | Sonn.77.12 | |
| These offices, so oft as thou wilt looke, | These offices, so oft as thou wilt look, | oft (adv.)often | Sonn.77.13 | |
| | office (n.)task, service, duty, responsibility | | |
| Shall profit thee, and much inrich thy booke. | Shall profit thee, and much enrich thy book. | | Sonn.77.14 | |
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| 78 | 78 | | Sonn.78 | |
| SO oft haue I inuok'd thee for my Muse, | So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse, | oft (adv.)often | Sonn.78.1 | |
| | Muse (n.)one of the nine goddesses in Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who gave artistic inspiration; also called the Helicons, as they lived on Mt Helicon | | |
| And found such faire assistance in my verse, | And found such fair assistance in my verse, | fair (adj.)fine, pleasing, splendid, excellent | Sonn.78.2 | |
| As euery Alien pen hath got my vse, | As every alien pen hath got my use, | use (n.)usual practice, habit, custom | Sonn.78.3 | |
| And vnder thee their poesie disperse. | And under thee their poesy disperse. | poesy (n.)poetry | Sonn.78.4 | |
| Thine eyes, that taught the dumbe on high to sing, | Thine eyes, that taught the dumb on high to sing, | | Sonn.78.5 | |
| And heauie ignorance aloft to flee, | And heavy ignorance aloft to fly, | | Sonn.78.6 | |
| Haue added fethers to the learneds wing, | Have added feathers to the learned's wing, | | Sonn.78.7 | |
| And giuen grace a double Maiestie. | And given grace a double majesty. | | Sonn.78.8 | |
| Yet be most proud of that which I compile, | Yet be most proud of that which I compile, | compile (v.)compose, create in writing | Sonn.78.9 | |
| Whose influence is thine, and borne of thee, | Whose influence is thine, and born of thee; | | Sonn.78.10 | |
| In others workes thou doost but mend the stile, | In others' works thou dost but mend the style, | mend (v.)increase the value of, make more excellent | Sonn.78.11 | |
| And Arts with thy sweete graces graced be. | And arts with thy sweet graces graced be. | | Sonn.78.12 | |
| But thou art all my art, and doost aduance | But thou art all my art, and dost advance | | Sonn.78.13 | |
| As high as learning, my rude ignorance. | As high as learning my rude ignorance. | | Sonn.78.14 | |
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| 79 | 79 | | Sonn.79 | |
| WHilst I alone did call vpon thy ayde, | Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid, | | Sonn.79.1 | |
| My verse alone had all thy gentle grace, | My verse alone had all thy gentle grace, | gentle (adj.)well-born, honourable, noble | Sonn.79.2 | |
| But now my gracious numbers are decayde, | But now my gracious numbers are decayed, | gracious (adj.)holy, sanctified | Sonn.79.3 | |
| | number (n.)(plural) verses, lines | | |
| And my sick Muse doth giue an other place. | And my sick Muse doth give another place. | Muse (n.)one of the nine goddesses in Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who gave artistic inspiration; also called the Helicons, as they lived on Mt Helicon | Sonn.79.4 | |
| I grant (sweet loue) thy louely argument | I grant (sweet love) thy lovely argument | argument (n.)subject of conversation, subject-matter, topic | Sonn.79.5 | |
| Deserues the trauaile of a worthier pen, | Deserves the travail of a worthier pen, | travail, travel (n.)labour, effort, exertion [often overlapping with the sense of 'travel'] | Sonn.79.6 | |
| Yet what of thee thy Poet doth inuent, | Yet what of thee thy poet doth invent | | Sonn.79.7 | |
| He robs thee of, and payes it thee againe, | He robs thee of, and pays it thee again. | again (adv.)in return, back [in response] | Sonn.79.8 | |
| He lends thee vertue, and he stole that word, | He lends thee virtue, and he stole that word | | Sonn.79.9 | |
| From thy behauiour, beautie doth he giue | From thy behaviour; beauty doth he give | | Sonn.79.10 | |
| And found it in thy cheeke: he can affoord | And found it in thy cheek; he can afford | afford (v.)have to offer, be capable of supplying | Sonn.79.11 | |
| No praise to thee, but what in thee doth liue. | No praise to thee but what in thee doth live. | | Sonn.79.12 | |
| Then thanke him not for that which he doth say, | Then thank him not for that which he doth say, | | Sonn.79.13 | |
| Since what he owes thee, thou thy selfe doost pay, | Since what he owes thee thou thyself dost pay. | | Sonn.79.14 | |
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| 80 | 80 | | Sonn.80 | |
| O How I faint when I of you do write, | O how I faint when I of you do write, | faint (v.)lose courage, show fear, lose heart, take fright | Sonn.80.1 | |
| Knowing a better spirit doth vse your name, | Knowing a better spirit doth use your name, | | Sonn.80.2 | |
| And in the praise thereof spends all his might, | And in the praise thereof spends all his might | spend (v.)expend, employ, exert | Sonn.80.3 | |
| To make me toung-tide speaking of your fame. | To make me tongue-tied, speaking of your fame. | | Sonn.80.4 | |
| But since your worth (wide as the Ocean is) | But since your worth (wide as the ocean is) | | Sonn.80.5 | |
| The humble as the proudest saile doth beare, | The humble as the proudest sail doth bear, | | Sonn.80.6 | |
| My sawsie barke (inferior farre to his) | My saucy bark (inferior far to his) | saucy (adj.)insolent, impudent, presumptuous, defiant | Sonn.80.7 | |
| | bark, barque (n.)ship, vessel | | |
| On your broad maine doth wilfully appeare. | On your broad main doth wilfully appear. | main (n.)open sea, ocean | Sonn.80.8 | |
| Your shallowest helpe will hold me vp a floate, | Your shallowest help will hold me up afloat, | | Sonn.80.9 | |
| Whilst he vpon your soundlesse deepe doth ride, | Whilst he upon your soundless deep doth ride, | soundless (adj.)beyond the ability to sound, unfathomable | Sonn.80.10 | |
| Or (being wrackt) I am a worthlesse bote, | Or (being wrecked) I am a worthless boat, | wrack (v.)wreck, shipwreck, lose at sea | Sonn.80.11 | |
| He of tall building, and of goodly pride. | He of tall building and of goodly pride. | tall (adj.)large, fine, grand | Sonn.80.12 | |
| | building (n.)build, construction | | |
| | pride (n.)splendour, magnificence, pomp | | |
| | goodly (adj.)good-looking, handsome, attractive, comely | | |
| Then If he thriue and I be cast away, | Then if he thrive and I be cast away, | | Sonn.80.13 | |
| The worst was this, my loue was my decay. | The worst was this: my love was my decay. | decay (n.)destruction, downfall, ending | Sonn.80.14 | |
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| 81 | 81 | | Sonn.81 | |
| OR I shall liue your Epitaph to make, | Or I shall live your epitaph to make, | | Sonn.81.1 | |
| Or you suruiue when I in earth am rotten, | Or you survive when I in earth am rotten; | | Sonn.81.2 | |
| From hence your memory death cannot take, | From hence your memory death cannot take, | | Sonn.81.3 | |
| Although in me each part will be forgotten. | Although in me each part will be forgotten. | | Sonn.81.4 | |
| Your name from hence immortall life shall haue, | Your name from hence immortal life shall have, | | Sonn.81.5 | |
| Though I (once gone) to all the world must dye, | Though I (once gone) to all the world must die; | | Sonn.81.6 | |
| The earth can yeeld me but a common graue, | The earth can yield me but a common grave, | | Sonn.81.7 | |
| When you intombed in mens eyes shall lye, | When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie. | | Sonn.81.8 | |
| Your monument shall be my gentle verse, | Your monument shall be my gentle verse, | gentle (adj.)well-born, honourable, noble | Sonn.81.9 | |
| Which eyes not yet created shall ore-read, | Which eyes not yet created shall o'erread, | | Sonn.81.10 | |
| And toungs to be, your beeing shall rehearse, | And tongues to be your being shall rehearse | rehearse (v.)relate, recount, give an account of | Sonn.81.11 | |
| When all the breathers of this world are dead, | When all the breathers of this world are dead. | breather (n.)living being, creature | Sonn.81.12 | |
| You still shall liue (such vertue hath my Pen) | You still shall live (such virtue hath my pen) | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.81.13 | |
| Where breath most breaths, euen in the mouths of men. | Where breath most breathes, even in the mouths of men. | | Sonn.81.14 | |
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| 82 | 82 | | Sonn.82 | |
| I Grant thou wert not married to my Muse, | I grant thou wert not married to my Muse, | Muse (n.)one of the nine goddesses in Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who gave artistic inspiration; also called the Helicons, as they lived on Mt Helicon | Sonn.82.1 | |
| And therefore maiest without attaint ore-looke | And therefore mayst without attaint o'erlook | attaint (n.)disgrace, dishonour, corruption | Sonn.82.2 | |
| The dedicated words which writers vse | The dedicated words which writers use | dedicated (adj.)of dedication, inscribed | Sonn.82.3 | |
| Of their faire subiect, blessing euery booke. | Of their fair subject, blessing every book. | | Sonn.82.4 | |
| Thou art as faire in knowledge as in hew, | Thou art as fair in knowledge as in hue, | hue (n.)appearance, complexion | Sonn.82.5 | |
| Finding thy worth a limmit past my praise, | Finding thy worth a limit past my praise, | | Sonn.82.6 | |
| And therefore art inforc'd to seeke anew, | And therefore art enforced to seek anew | | Sonn.82.7 | |
| Some fresher stampe of the time bettering dayes. | Some fresher stamp of the time-bettering days. | | Sonn.82.8 | |
| And do so loue, yet when they haue deuisde, | And do so, love, yet when they have devised | | Sonn.82.9 | |
| What strained touches Rhethorick can lend, | What strained touches rhetoric can lend, | strained (adj.)forced, artificial, feigned | Sonn.82.10 | |
| Thou truly faire, wert truly simpathizde, | Thou truly fair wert truly sympathized, | sympathize (v.)capture, represent fittingly, express with feeling | Sonn.82.11 | |
| In true plaine words, by thy true telling friend. | In true plain words, by thy true-telling friend. | | Sonn.82.12 | |
| And their grosse painting might be better vs'd, | And their gross painting might be better used | gross (adj.)bad, inferior, poor | Sonn.82.13 | |
| Where cheekes need blood, in thee it is abus'd. | Where cheeks need blood; in thee it is abused. | abuse (v.)misapply, employ badly | Sonn.82.14 | |
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| 83 | 83 | | Sonn.83 | |
| I Never saw that you did painting need, | I never saw that you did painting need, | painting (n.)cosmetics, paint [for the face], beautifying | Sonn.83.1 | |
| And therefore to your faire no painting set, | And therefore to your fair no painting set; | set (v.)direct, put, make come | Sonn.83.2 | |
| | fair (n.)fair face, beauty | | |
| I found (or thought I found) you did exceed, | I found (or thought I found) you did exceed | | Sonn.83.3 | |
| The barren tender of a Poets debt: | The barren tender of a poet's debt; | tender (n.)offer, offering | Sonn.83.4 | |
| And therefore haue I slept in your report, | And therefore have I slept in your report, | report (n.)account, description | Sonn.83.5 | |
| That you your selfe being extant well might show, | That you yourself being extant well might show | | Sonn.83.6 | |
| How farre a moderne quill doth come to short, | How far a modern quill doth come too short, | modern (adj.)ordinary, trite, commonplace, everyday | Sonn.83.7 | |
| Speaking of worth, what worth in you doth grow, | Speaking of worth, what worth in you doth grow. | | Sonn.83.8 | |
| This silence for my sinne you did impute, | This silence for my sin you did impute, | impute (v.)regard, consider, reckon | Sonn.83.9 | |
| Which shall be most my glory being dombe, | Which shall be most my glory being dumb, | | Sonn.83.10 | |
| For I impaire not beautie being mute, | For I impair not beauty being mute, | | Sonn.83.11 | |
| When others would giue life, and bring a tombe. | When others would give life, and bring a tomb. | | Sonn.83.12 | |
| There liues more life in one of your faire eyes, | There lives more life in one of your fair eyes | | Sonn.83.13 | |
| Then both your Poets can in praise deuise. | Than both your poets can in praise devise. | | Sonn.83.14 | |
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| 84 | 84 | | Sonn.84 | |
| WHo is it that sayes most, which can say more, | Who is it that says most, which can say more, | | Sonn.84.1 | |
| Then this rich praise, that you alone, are you, | Than this rich praise, that you alone are you, | | Sonn.84.2 | |
| In whose confine immured is the store, | In whose confine immured is the store, | immured (adj.)walled up, enclosed, confined | Sonn.84.3 | |
| Which should example where your equall grew, | Which should example where your equal grew? | example (v.)find an example for, provide a model for | Sonn.84.4 | |
| Leane penurie within that Pen doth dwell, | Lean penury within that pen doth dwell, | | Sonn.84.5 | |
| That to his subiect lends not some small glory, | That to his subject lends not some small glory, | | Sonn.84.6 | |
| But he that writes of you, if he can tell, | But he that writes of you, if he can tell | | Sonn.84.7 | |
| That you are you, so dignifies his story. | That you are you, so dignifies his story, | | Sonn.84.8 | |
| Let him but coppy what in you is writ, | Let him but copy what in you is writ, | | Sonn.84.9 | |
| Not making worse what nature made so cleere, | Not making worse what nature made so clear, | | Sonn.84.10 | |
| And such a counter-part shall fame his wit, | And such a counterpart shall fame his wit, | counterpart (n.)duplicate, copy, counterfeit | Sonn.84.11 | |
| | wit (n.)mental sharpness, acumen, quickness, ingenuity | | |
| | fame (v.)make famous, celebrate the fame of | | |
| Making his stile admired euery where. | Making his style admired everywhere. | | Sonn.84.12 | |
| You to your beautious blessings adde a curse, | You to your beauteous blessings add a curse, | | Sonn.84.13 | |
| Being fond on praise, which makes your praises worse. | Being fond on praise, which makes your praises worse. | fond (adj.)eager [for], desirous [of] | Sonn.84.14 | |
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| 85 | 85 | | Sonn.85 | |
| MY toung-tide Muse in manners holds her still, | My tongue-tied Muse in manners holds her still, | Muse (n.)one of the nine goddesses in Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who gave artistic inspiration; also called the Helicons, as they lived on Mt Helicon | Sonn.85.1 | |
| | still (adj.)silent, quiet | | |
| While comments of your praise richly compil'd, | While comments of your praise, richly compiled, | | Sonn.85.2 | |
| Reserue their Character with goulden quill, | Reserve their character with golden quill, | reserve (v.)preserve, retain, keep | Sonn.85.3 | |
| And precious phrase by all the Muses fil'd. | And precious phrase by all the Muses filed. | filed (adj.)refined, smooth, polished | Sonn.85.4 | |
| I thinke good thoughts, whilst other write good wordes, | I think good thoughts, whilst other write good words, | | Sonn.85.5 | |
| And like vnlettered clarke still crie Amen, | And like unlettered clerk still cry Amen | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.85.6 | |
| To euery Himne that able spirit affords, | To every hymn that able spirit affords, | | Sonn.85.7 | |
| In polisht forme of well refined pen. | In polished form of well-refined pen. | | Sonn.85.8 | |
| Hearing you praisd, I say 'tis so, 'tis true, | Hearing you praised, I say 'tis so, 'tis true, | | Sonn.85.9 | |
| And to the most of praise adde some-thing more, | And to the most of praise add something more, | most (adj.)utmost, maximum | Sonn.85.10 | |
| But that is in my thought, whose loue to you | But that is in my thought, whose love to you | | Sonn.85.11 | |
| (Though words come hind-most) holds his ranke before, | (Though words come hindmost) holds his rank before. | | Sonn.85.12 | |
| Then others, for the breath of words respect, | Then others for the breath of words respect, | respect (v.)value, have regard for, prize | Sonn.85.13 | |
| Me for my dombe thoughts, speaking in effect. | Me for my dumb thoughts, speaking in effect. | effect (n.)sign, mark, token, manifestation | Sonn.85.14 | |
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| 86 | 86 | | Sonn.86 | |
| WAs it the proud full saile of his great verse, | Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, | | Sonn.86.1 | |
| Bound for the prize of (all to precious) you, | Bound for the prize of (all too precious) you, | | Sonn.86.2 | |
| That did my ripe thoughts in my braine inhearce, | That did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearse, | inhearse (v.)bury, place in a coffin | Sonn.86.3 | |
| Making their tombe the wombe wherein they grew? | Making their tomb the womb wherein they grew? | | Sonn.86.4 | |
| Was it his spirit, by spirits taught to write, | Was it his spirit, by spirits taught to write | spirit (n.)disposition, temperament, frame of mind | Sonn.86.5 | |
| Aboue a mortall pitch, that struck me dead? | Above a mortal pitch, that struck me dead? | pitch (n.)height [to which a bird of prey soars before swooping] | Sonn.86.6 | |
| | mortal (adj.)human, subject to death, characterized by mortality | | |
| No, neither he, nor his compiers by night | No, neither he, nor his compeers by night | compeer (n.)companion, associate, fellow | Sonn.86.7 | |
| Giuing him ayde, my verse astonished. | Giving him aid, my verse astonished. | astonish, 'stonish (v.)stun, dumbfound, strike dumb with dismay | Sonn.86.8 | |
| He nor that affable familiar ghost | He nor that affable familiar ghost | | Sonn.86.9 | |
| Which nightly gulls him with intelligence, | Which nightly gulls him with intelligence | intelligence (n.)information, news, communication | Sonn.86.10 | |
| | gull (v.)deceive, dupe, trick | | |
| As victors of my silence cannot boast, | As victors of my silence cannot boast; | | Sonn.86.11 | |
| I was not sick of any feare from thence. | I was not sick of any fear from thence. | | Sonn.86.12 | |
| But when your countinance fild vp his line, | But when your countenance filled up his line, | countenance (n.)expression, look, face | Sonn.86.13 | |
| Then lackt I matter, that infeebled mine. | Then lacked I matter; that enfeebled mine. | matter (n.)subject-matter, content, substance | Sonn.86.14 | |
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| 87 | 87 | | Sonn.87 | |
| FArewell thou art too deare for my possessing, | Farewell; thou art too dear for my possessing, | | Sonn.87.1 | |
| And like enough thou knowst thy estimate, | And like enough thou know'st thy estimate; | estimate (n.)value, esteem, estimation | Sonn.87.2 | |
| | like (adv.)likely, probable / probably | | |
| The Cha ter of thy worth giues thee releasing: | The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing; | charter (n.)right, privilege, prerogative | Sonn.87.3 | |
| My bonds in thee are all determinate. | My bonds in thee are all determinate. | bond (n.)tie, binding, obligation | Sonn.87.4 | |
| | determinate (adj.)determined, fixed, decided | | |
| For how do I hold thee but by thy granting, | For how do I hold thee but by thy granting, | | Sonn.87.5 | |
| And for that ritches where is my deseruing? | And for that riches where is my deserving? | deserving (n.)reward, recompense, desert | Sonn.87.6 | |
| The cause of this faire guift in me is wanting, | The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, | | Sonn.87.7 | |
| And so my pattent back againe is sweruing. | And so my patent back again is swerving. | patent (n.)privilege, right, title | Sonn.87.8 | |
| Thy selfe thou gau'st, thy owne worth then not knowing, | Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing, | | Sonn.87.9 | |
| Or mee to whom thou gau'st it, else mistaking, | Or me, to whom thou gav'st it, else mistaking; | mistake (v.)misunderstand, take wrongly, misconceive | Sonn.87.10 | |
| So thy great guift vpon misprision growing, | So thy great gift, upon misprision growing, | misprision (n.)mistake, error, misunderstanding, misconception | Sonn.87.11 | |
| Comes home againe, on better iudgement making. | Comes home again, on better judgement making. | | Sonn.87.12 | |
| Thus haue I had thee as a dreame doth flatter, | Thus have I had thee as a dream doth flatter, | flatter (v.)deceive, beguile | Sonn.87.13 | |
| In sleepe a King, but waking no such matter. | In sleep a king, but waking no such matter. | | Sonn.87.14 | |
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| 88 | 88 | | Sonn.88 | |
| WHen thou shalt be dispode to set me light, | When thou shalt be disposed to set me light, | light (adv.)slightly, as of little value | Sonn.88.1 | |
| | disposed (adj.)of a particular disposition, with a turn of mind | | |
| | set (v.)value, rate, esteem | | |
| And place my merrit in the eie of skorne, | And place my merit in the eye of scorn, | | Sonn.88.2 | |
| Vpon thy side, against my selfe ile fight, | Upon thy side against myself I'll fight, | | Sonn.88.3 | |
| And proue thee virtuous, though thou art forsworne: | And prove thee virtuous, though thou art forsworn. | forswear (v), past forms forsworn, forsworeswear falsely, perjure [oneself], break one's word | Sonn.88.4 | |
| With mine owne weakenesse being best acquainted, | With mine own weakness being best acquainted, | | Sonn.88.5 | |
| Vpon thy part I can set downe a story | Upon thy part I can set down a story | story (n.)account, recital, narrative | Sonn.88.6 | |
| Of faults conceald, wherein I am attainted: | Of faults concealed, wherein I am attainted: | attaint (v.)taint [by treason], corrupt | Sonn.88.7 | |
| That thou in loosing me, shall win much glory: | That thou in losing me shalt win much glory. | lose (v.)ruin the reputation of, destroy the credibility of | Sonn.88.8 | |
| And I by this wil be a gainer too, | And I by this will be a gainer too, | | Sonn.88.9 | |
| For bending all my louing thoughts on thee, | For bending all my loving thoughts on thee, | | Sonn.88.10 | |
| The iniuries that to my selfe I doe, | The injuries that to myself I do, | | Sonn.88.11 | |
| Doing thee vantage, duble vantage me. | Doing thee vantage, double-vantage me. | vantage (n.)advantage, benefit, advancement, profit | Sonn.88.12 | |
| | vantage (v.)benefit, aid, help | | |
| Such is my loue, to thee I so belong, | Such is my love, to thee I so belong, | | Sonn.88.13 | |
| That for thy right, my selfe will beare all wrong. | That for thy right, myself will bear all wrong. | | Sonn.88.14 | |
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| 89 | 89 | | Sonn.89 | |
| SAy that thou didst forsake mee for some falt, | Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault, | | Sonn.89.1 | |
| And I will comment vpon that offence, | And I will comment upon that offence; | comment (v.)meditate, ponder, cogitate | Sonn.89.2 | |
| Speake of my lamenesse, and I straight will halt: | Speak of my lameness, and I straight will halt, | straight (adv.)straightaway, immediately, at once | Sonn.89.3 | |
| Against thy reasons making no defence. | Against thy reasons making no defence. | reason (n.)account, version, explanation | Sonn.89.4 | |
| Thou canst not (loue) disgrace me halfe so ill, | Thou canst not (love) disgrace me half so ill, | ill (adv.)badly, adversely, unfavourably | Sonn.89.5 | |
| To set a forme vpon desired change, | To set a form upon desired change, | | Sonn.89.6 | |
| As ile my selfe disgrace, knowing thy wil, | As I'll myself disgrace; knowing thy will, | | Sonn.89.7 | |
| I will acquaintance strangle and looke strange: | I will acquaintance strangle and look strange. | strangle (v.)quench, eclipse, stifle | Sonn.89.8 | |
| | strange (adj.)aloof, distant, reserved | | |
| Be absent from thy walkes and in my tongue, | Be absent from thy walks, and in my tongue | walk (n.)garden path, walkway | Sonn.89.9 | |
| Thy sweet beloued name no more shall dwell, | Thy sweet beloved name no more shall dwell, | | Sonn.89.10 | |
| Least I (too much prophane) should do it wronge: | Lest I (too much profane) should do it wrong, | | Sonn.89.11 | |
| And haplie of our old acquaintance tell. | And haply of our old acquaintance tell. | haply (adv.)perhaps, maybe, by chance, with luck | Sonn.89.12 | |
| For thee, against my selfe ile vow debate, | For thee against myself I'll vow debate, | debate (n.)quarrel, wrangling, strife | Sonn.89.13 | |
| For I must nere loue him whom thou dost hate. | For I must ne'er love him whom thou dost hate. | | Sonn.89.14 | |
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| 90 | 90 | | Sonn.90 | |
| THen hate me when thou wilt, if euer, now, | Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; | | Sonn.90.1 | |
| Now while the world is bent my deeds to crosse, | Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross, | bent (adj.)determined, intent, resolved | Sonn.90.2 | |
| | cross (v.)prevent, thwart, forestall | | |
| Ioyne with the spight of fortune, make me bow. | Join with the spite of fortune, make me bow, | | Sonn.90.3 | |
| And doe not drop in for an after losse: | And do not drop in for an after-loss: | after-loss (n.)later blow, knock given after others have been suffered | Sonn.90.4 | |
| Ah doe not, when my heart hath scapte this sorrow, | Ah do not, when my heart hath 'scaped this sorrow, | scape, 'scape (v.)escape, avoid | Sonn.90.5 | |
| Come in the rereward of a conquerd woe, | Come in the rearward of a conquered woe; | rearward (n.)rear, behind the main body of troops | Sonn.90.6 | |
| Giue not a windy night a rainie morrow, | Give not a windy night a rainy morrow, | morrow (n.)morning | Sonn.90.7 | |
| To linger out a purposd ouer-throw. | To linger out a purposed overthrow. | purposed (adj.)proposed, intended, contemplated | Sonn.90.8 | |
| | linger out (v.)prolong, draw out | | |
| If thou wilt leaue me, do not leaue me last, | If thou wilt leave me, do not leave me last, | | Sonn.90.9 | |
| When other pettie griefes haue done their spight, | When other petty griefs have done their spite, | grief (n.)grievance, complaint, hurt, injury | Sonn.90.10 | |
| But in the onset come, so stall I taste | But in the onset come; so shall I taste | | Sonn.90.11 | |
| At first the very worst of fortunes might. | At first the very worst of fortune's might, | | Sonn.90.12 | |
| And other straines of woe, which now seeme woe, | And other strains of woe, which now seem woe, | strain (n.)[unclear meaning] strand; extreme degree; pang, stress | Sonn.90.13 | |
| | woe (adj.)sorry, sorrowful, sad | | |
| Compar'd with losse of thee, will not seeme so. | Compared with loss of thee will not seem so. | | Sonn.90.14 | |
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| 91 | 91 | | Sonn.91 | |
| SOme glory in their birth, some in their skill, | Some glory in their birth, some in their skill, | | Sonn.91.1 | |
| Some in their wealth, some in their bodies force, | Some in their wealth, some in their body's force, | | Sonn.91.2 | |
| Some in their garments though new-fangled ill: | Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill, | ill (adj.)bad, adverse, unfavourable | Sonn.91.3 | |
| Some in their Hawkes and Hounds, some in their Horse. | Some in their hawks and hounds, some in their horse. | | Sonn.91.4 | |
| And euery humor hath his adiunct pleasure, | And every humour hath his adjunct pleasure, | adjunct (adj.)connected, associated, annexed | Sonn.91.5 | |
| | humour (n.)mood, disposition, frame of mind, temperament [as determined by bodily fluids] | | |
| Wherein it findes a ioy aboue the rest, | Wherein it finds a joy above the rest; | | Sonn.91.6 | |
| But these perticulers are not my measure, | But these particulars are not my measure, | particular (n.)private matter, personal business | Sonn.91.7 | |
| All these I better in one generall best. | All these I better in one general best. | better (v.)excel, outstrip, have an advantage over | Sonn.91.8 | |
| Thy loue is bitter then high birth to me, | Thy love is better than high birth to me, | | Sonn.91.9 | |
| Richer then wealth, prouder then garments cost, | Richer than wealth, prouder than garments' cost, | | Sonn.91.10 | |
| Of more delight then Hawkes or Horses bee: | Of more delight than hawks or horses be; | | Sonn.91.11 | |
| And hauing thee, of all mens pride I boast. | And having thee, of all men's pride I boast: | | Sonn.91.12 | |
| Wretched in this alone, that thou maist take, | Wretched in this alone, that thou mayst take | | Sonn.91.13 | |
| All this away, and me most wretched make. | All this away, and me most wretched make. | | Sonn.91.14 | |
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| 92 | 92 | | Sonn.92 | |
| BVt doe thy worst to steale thy selfe away, | But do thy worst to steal thyself away, | | Sonn.92.1 | |
| For tearme of life thou art assured mine, | For term of life thou art assured mine, | assure (v.)assign, pledge, guarantee | Sonn.92.2 | |
| And life no longer then thy loue will stay, | And life no longer than thy love will stay, | stay (v.)remain, continue, endure | Sonn.92.3 | |
| For it depends vpon that loue of thine. | For it depends upon that love of thine. | depend on / upon (v.)serve, wait on, be a dependant of | Sonn.92.4 | |
| Then need I not to feare the worst of wrongs, | Then need I not to fear the worst of wrongs, | | Sonn.92.5 | |
| When in the least of them my life hath end, | When in the least of them my life hath end. | | Sonn.92.6 | |
| I see, a better state to me belongs | I see a better state to me belongs | | Sonn.92.7 | |
| Then that, which on thy humor doth depend. | Than that which on thy humour doth depend. | humour (n.)fancy, whim, inclination, caprice | Sonn.92.8 | |
| | humour (n.)mood, disposition, frame of mind, temperament [as determined by bodily fluids] | | |
| Thou canst not vex me with inconstant minde, | Thou canst not vex me with inconstant mind, | vex (v.)afflict, trouble, torment | Sonn.92.9 | |
| Since that my life on thy reuolt doth lie, | Since that my life on thy revolt doth lie. | revolt (n.)betrayal, change of heart, faithlessness | Sonn.92.10 | |
| Oh what a happy title do I finde, | O, what a happy title do I find, | title (n.)[legal] right, claim, entitlement | Sonn.92.11 | |
| Happy to haue thy loue, happy to die! | Happy to have thy love, happy to die! | | Sonn.92.12 | |
| But whats so blessed faire that feares no blot, | But what's so blessed-fair that fears no blot, | blot (n.)stain, disgrace, blemish | Sonn.92.13 | |
| | blessed (adv.)blessedly, happily | | |
| | fair (adj.)handsome, good-looking, beautiful | | |
| Thou maist be falce, and yet I know it not. | Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not. | false (adj.)disloyal, faithless, inconstant, unfaithful | Sonn.92.14 | |
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| 93 | 93 | | Sonn.93 | |
| SO shall I liue, supposing thou art true, | So shall I live, supposing thou art true, | suppose (v.)presume to be true, believe to be a fact | Sonn.93.1 | |
| Like a deceiued husband, so loues face, | Like a deceived husband; so love's face | | Sonn.93.2 | |
| May still seeme loue to me, though alter'd new: | May still seem love to me, though altered new; | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | Sonn.93.3 | |
| Thy lookes with me, thy heart in other place. | Thy looks with me, thy heart in other place. | | Sonn.93.4 | |
| For their can liue no hatred in thine eye, | For there can live no hatred in thine eye, | | Sonn.93.5 | |
| Therefore in that I cannot know thy change, | Therefore in that I cannot know thy change. | | Sonn.93.6 | |
| In manies lookes, the falce hearts history | In many's looks, the false heart's history | false (adj.)disloyal, faithless, inconstant, unfaithful | Sonn.93.7 | |
| Is writ in moods and frounes and wrinckles strange. | Is writ in moods and frowns and wrinkles strange. | | Sonn.93.8 | |
| But heauen in thy creation did decree, | But heaven in thy creation did decree | | Sonn.93.9 | |
| That in thy face sweet loue should euer dwell, | That in thy face sweet love should ever dwell; | | Sonn.93.10 | |
| What ere thy thoughts, or thy hearts workings be, | Whate'er thy thoughts or thy heart's workings be, | | Sonn.93.11 | |
| Thy lookes should nothing thence, but sweetnesse tell. | Thy looks should nothing thence but sweetness tell. | tell (v.)communicate, make known | Sonn.93.12 | |
| How like Eaues apple doth thy beauty grow, | How like Eve's apple doth thy beauty grow, | | Sonn.93.13 | |
| If thy sweet vertue answere not thy show. | If thy sweet virtue answer not thy show. | | Sonn.93.14 | |
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| 94 | 94 | | Sonn.94 | |
| THey that haue powre to hurt, and will doe none, | They that have power to hurt, and will do none, | | Sonn.94.1 | |
| That doe not do the thing, they most do showe, | That do not do the thing they most do show, | | Sonn.94.2 | |
| Who mouing others, are themselues as stone, | Who, moving others, are themselves as stone, | | Sonn.94.3 | |
| Vnmooued, could, and to temptation slow: | Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow, | | Sonn.94.4 | |
| They rightly do inherrit heauens graces, | They rightly do inherit heaven's graces, | | Sonn.94.5 | |
| And husband natures ritches from expence, | And husband nature's riches from expense; | expense (n.)extravagance, expenditure, spending | Sonn.94.6 | |
| They are the Lords and owners of their faces, | They are the lords and owners of their faces, | | Sonn.94.7 | |
| Others, but stewards of their excellence: | Others but stewards of their excellence. | | Sonn.94.8 | |
| The sommers flowre is to the sommer sweet, | The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, | | Sonn.94.9 | |
| Though to it selfe, it onely liue and die, | Though to itself it only live and die, | | Sonn.94.10 | |
| But if that flowre with base infection meete, | But if that flower with base infection meet, | base (adj.)poor, wretched, of low quality | Sonn.94.11 | |
| The basest weed out-braues his dignity: | The basest weed outbraves his dignity: | outbrave (v.)outdo in beauty, excel in splendour | Sonn.94.12 | |
| For sweetest things turne sowrest by their deedes, | For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; | | Sonn.94.13 | |
| Lillies that fester, smell far worse then weeds. | Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. | fester (v.)corrupt, putrify, rot | Sonn.94.14 | |
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| 95 | 95 | | Sonn.95 | |
| HOw sweet and louely dost thou make the shame, | How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame, | | Sonn.95.1 | |
| Which like a canker in the fragrant Rose, | Which, like a canker in the fragrant rose, | canker (n./adj.)grub that destroys plant buds and leaves, cankerworm, parasite | Sonn.95.2 | |
| Doth spot the beautie of thy budding name? | Doth spot the beauty of thy budding name! | spot (v.)stain, blemish, blot | Sonn.95.3 | |
| Oh in what sweets doest thou thy sinnes inclose! |