William Shakespeare

Sonnets XIX: Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws

Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;Pluck the keen teeth from the…

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Sonnets LXXIII: That time of year thou mayst in me behold

That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which…

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Sonnets LXIV: When I have seen by Time’s fell hand defac’d

When I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'dThe rich proud cost of outworn buried age;When sometime lofty towers I…

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Sonnets LIII: What is your substance, whereof are you made

What is your substance, whereof are you made,That millions of strange shadows on you tend?Since everyone hath, everyone, one shade,And…

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Sonnets CXVI: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends…

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Sonnets CX: Alas, ’tis true I have gone here and there

Alas, 'tis true I have gone here and thereAnd made myself a motley to the view,Gor'd mine own thoughts, sold…

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Sonnet XXXVIII: How Can My Muse Want Subject to Invent

How can my muse want subject to invent,While thou dost breathe, that pour'st into my verseThine own sweet argument, too…

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Sonnet XXX: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

When to the sessions of sweet silent thoughtI summon up remembrance of things past,I sigh the lack of many a…

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Sonnet XV: When I consider everything that grows

When I consider everything that growsHolds in perfection but a little moment,That this huge stage presenteth nought but showsWhereon the…

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Sonnet V: Those Hours, That With Gentle Work Did Frame

Those hours, that with gentle work did frameThe lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,Will play the tyrants to the…

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