Complete SonnetsWithout a doubt the most important of Shakespeare's nondramatic works, the sonnets have engendered reams of scholarly disputation as to the identity of "the dark lady" and the "lovely boy" to whom the vast majority are addressed. Controversy has also long simmered over the full name of the "W.H." of the dedication. What is not in dispute is the superior quality of these lyrics, which rank among the finest sonnets ever written — in any language. |
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... eyes , Feed'st thy light's flame with self - substantial fuel , Making a famine where abundance lies , Thyself thy foe , to thy sweet self too cruel . Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament , And only herald to the gaudy spring ...
... eyes , , Were an all - eating shame and thriftless praise . How much more praise deserv'd thy beauty's use , If thou couldst answer - This fair child of mine Shall sum my count , and make my old Proving his beauty by succession thine ...
... eye doth dwell , Will play the tyrants to the very same , And that unfair which fairly doth excel ; For never - resting time leads summer on To hideous winter , and confounds him there ; Sap check'd with frost , and lusty leaves quite ...
... eye Doth homage to his new - appearing sight , Serving with looks his sacred majesty ; And having climb'd the steep ... eyes , ' fore duteous , now converted are , From his low tract , and look another way : So thou , thyself outgoing ...
... eye That thou consum'st thyself in single life ? Ah ! if thou issueless shalt hap to die , The world will wail thee ... eyes , her husband's shape in mind . Look , what an unthrift in the world doth spend Shifts but his place , for ...