William Shakespeare Poems
- 401. Sonnet Xvi
But wherefore do not you a mightier way
Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time? And fortify yourself in your decay
- 402. Sonnet Ciii
Alack, what poverty my Muse brings forth,
That having such a scope to show her pride, The argument all bare is of more worth
- 403. Sonnet 2:
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field, Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now,
- 404. Sonnet 89: Say That Thou Didst Forsake Me For Some Fault
Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault,
And I will comment upon that offence;Speak of my lameness, and I straight will halt,
- 405. Sonnet Cxliv
Two loves I have of comfort and despair,
Which like two spirits do suggest me still: The better angel is a man right fair,
- 406. Sonnet 5: Those Hours, That With Gentle Work Did Frame
Those hours, that with gentle work did frame
The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,Will play the tyrants to the very same
- 407. Sonnet Lx
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before,
- 408. Sonnet 19: 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 fierce tiger's jaws,
- 409. Sonnet Lxxi
No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled
- 410. Sonnets Xvi
WHEN in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rime
- 411. Sonnets Cxvi: Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds,
- 412. Sonnet Cv
Let not my love be call'd idolatry,
Nor my beloved as an idol show, Since all alike my songs and praises be
- 413. Sonnet Cxi
O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide,
The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide
- 414. Sonnet Vi
Then let not winter's ragged hand deface
In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill'd: Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place
- 415. Sonnet Xcvii
How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
- 416. Sonnet 69: Those Parts Of Thee That The World's Eye Doth View
Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth view
Want nothing that the thought of hearts can mend;All tongues, the voice of souls, give thee that due,
- 417. Sonnet Cxlv
Those lips that Love's own hand did make
Breathed forth the sound that said 'I hate' To me that languish'd for her sake;
- 418. Sonnet 94: They That Have Power To Hurt And Will Do None
They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing, they most do show,Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,
- 419. Sonnet 76: Why Is My Verse So Barren Of New Pride?
Why is my verse so barren of new pride?
So far from variation or quick change?Why with the time do I not glance aside
- 420. Sonnets Xv
TO me, fair friend, you never can be old;
For as you were when first your eye I eyed, Such seems your beauty still. Three Winters cold
- 421. Helen's Soliloqy (all's Well That Ends Well)
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie
Which we ascribe to heaven. The fated skyGives us free scope, only doth backward pull
- 422. A Fairy Song
Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale,
- 423. Sonnet 90: Then Hate Me When Thou Wilt; If Ever, Now
Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now;
Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross,join with the spite of fortune, make me bow,
- 424. Sonnet Lxii
Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye
And all my soul and all my every part; And for this sin there is no remedy,
- 425. Sonnet Cxvi: Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,
- 426. Sonnet Xx
A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion; A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
- 427. Sonnet 14: Not From The Stars Do I My Judgement Pluck
Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck,
And yet methinks I have astronomy—But not to tell of good or evil luck,
- 428. Sonnets Xvii
O NEVER say that I was false of heart,
Though absence seem'd my flame to qualify! As easy might I from myself depart,
- 429. Sonnet Cxxvi
O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power
Dost hold Time's fickle glass, his sickle, hour; Who hast by waning grown, and therein show'st
- 430. Sonnets Ii
WHEN, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
- 431. Sonnet Liii
What is your substance, whereof are you made,
That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Since every one hath, every one, one shade,
- 432. Sonnet 78: So Oft Have I Invoked Thee For My Muse
So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse,
And found such fair assistance in my verseAs every alien pen hath got my use,
- 433. Sonnet Xcv
How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame
Which, like a canker in the fragrant rose, Doth spot the beauty of thy budding name!
- 434. Sonnet Cviii
What's in the brain that ink may character
Which hath not figured to thee my true spirit? What's new to speak, what new to register,
- 435. Sonet Liv
O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give! The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem
- 436. Sonnets Xx
POOR soul, the centre of my sinful earth--
My sinful earth these rebel powers array-- Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth,
- 437. Sonnet X
For shame! deny that thou bear'st love to any,
Who for thyself art so unprovident. Grant, if thou wilt, thou art beloved of many,
- 438. Sonnet Cxxxiv
So, now I have confess'd that he is thine,
And I myself am mortgaged to thy will, Myself I'll forfeit, so that other mine
- 439. Sonnet 145:
Those lips that Love's own hand did make
Breath'd forth the sound that said I hateTo me that languish'd for her sake:
- 440. Sonnet 26: Lord Of My Love, To Whom In Vassalage...
Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit;To thee I send this written embassage
- 441. Sonnet 146:
Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth,
[��] these rebel powers that thee array,Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth,
- 442. Sonnet Cxii
Your love and pity doth the impression fill
Which vulgar scandal stamp'd upon my brow; For what care I who calls me well or ill,
- 443. Sonnet 41: Those Pretty Wrongs That Liberty Commits
Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits
When I am sometime absent from thy heart,Thy beauty and thy years full well befits,
- 444. Not Marble Nor The Guilded Monuments (sonnet 55)
Not marble nor the gilded monuments
Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme;But you shall shine more bright in these contents
- 445. Sonnets Viii
THAT time of year thou may'st in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold--
- 446. Sonnet Xlvii
Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took,
And each doth good turns now unto the other: When that mine eye is famish'd for a look,
- 447. Sonnet Xciv: They That Have Power To Hurt And Will Do None
They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing they most do show,Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,
- 448. The Quality Of Mercy
The quality of mercy is not strain'd.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
- 449. Sonnet 7: —lo In The Orient When The Gracious Light...â?
Lo in the orient when the gracious light
Lifts up his burning head, each under eyeDoth homage to his new-appearing sight,
- 450. Sonnet 91: Some Glory In Their Birth, Some In Their Skill
Some glory in their birth, some in their skill,
Some in their wealth, some in their body's force,Some in their garments though new-fangled ill,