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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... keep , By children's eyes , her husband's shape in mind . Look , what an unthrift in the world doth spend Shifts but his place , for still the world enjoys it : But beauty's waste hath in the world an end , And kept unus'd , the user so ...
... keeps yourself still ; And you must live , drawn by your own sweet skill . XVII . Who will believe my verse in time to come , If it were fill'd with your most high deserts ? Though yet , Heaven knows , it is but as a tomb Which hides ...
... keep so chary As tender nurse her babe from faring ill . Presume not on thy heart when mine is slain ; Thou gav'st me thine , not to give back again . XXIII . As an unperfect actor on the stage , Who with his fear is put besides his ...
... keep my drooping eyelids open wide , Looking on darkness which the blind do see : Save that my soul's imaginary sight Presents thy shadow to my sightless view , Which , like a jewel hung in ghastly nighi , Makes black night beauteous ...
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