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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... happy mother , Who , all in one , one pleasing note do sing : Whose speechless song , being many , seeming one , Sings this to thee , ' thou single wilt prove none . " IX . Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye That thou consum'st thyself ...
... happy hours ; And many maiden gardens , yet unset , With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers , Much liker than your painted counterfeit : So should the lines of life that life repair , Which this , Time's pencil , or my pupil ...
... happy I , that love and am belov'd Where I may not remove , nor be remov'd . a XXVI . Lord of my love , to whom in vassalage Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit , To thee I send this written embassage , To witness duty , not to show my ...
... happy plight , That am debarr'd the benefit of rest ? When day's oppression is not eas'd by night , But day by night and night by day oppress'd ? And each , though enemies to either's reign , Do in consent shake hands to torture me ...
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