Shakespeare's Sonnets - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1407607782 ISBN 13: 9781407607788

Publisher: HardPress Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Excerpt: ...take a new acquaintance of thy mind.     These offices, so oft as thou wilt look,     Shall profit thee and much enrich thy book. LXXVIII   So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse,   And found such fair assistance in my verse   As every alien pen hath got my use   And under thee their poesy disperse.   Thine eyes, that taught the dumb on high to sing   And heavy ignorance aloft to fly,   Have added feathers to the learned's wing   And given grace a double majesty.   Yet be most proud of that which I compile,   Whose influence is thine, and born of thee:   In others' works thou dost but mend the style,   And arts with thy sweet graces graced be;     But thou art all my art, and dost advance     As high as learning, my rude ignorance. LXXIX   Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid,   My verse alone had all thy gentle grace;   But now my gracious numbers are decay'd,   And my sick Muse doth give an other place.   I grant, sweet love, thy lovely argument   Deserves the travail of a worthier pen;   Yet what of thee thy poet doth invent   He robs thee of, and pays it thee again.   He lends thee virtue, and he stole that word   From thy behaviour; beauty doth he give,   And found it in thy cheek: he can afford   No praise to thee, but what in thee doth live.     Then thank him not for that which he doth say,     Since what he owes thee, thou thyself dost pay. LXXX   O! how I faint when I of you do write,   Knowing a better spirit doth use your name,   And in the praise thereof spends all his might,   To make me tongue-tied speaking of your fame!   But since your worth-wide as the ocean is,-   The humble as the proudest sail doth bear,   My saucy bark, inferior far to his,   On your broad main doth wilfully appear.   Your shallowest help will hold me up afloat,   Whilst he upon your soundless deep doth ride;   Or, being wrack'd, I am a worthless boat,   He of...

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About the Author:

Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer and playwright in the English language. In 1594 he founded the acting company the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later the King's Men, in London. He died in 1616.

About this edition

• Publisher: HardPress Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1407607782
• ISBN 13: 9781407607788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168