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Sonnet 138 (by William Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare(1564 – 1616) Sonnet 138: When my love swears that she is made of truth When my love swears that she is made of truth I do believe her, though I know she lies, That she might think...
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First Love (by John Clare)
John Clare(1793–1864) First Love I ne’er was struck before that hour With love so sudden and so sweet, Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower And stole my heart away complete. My face turned pale as...
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Sonnet…
Charlotte Smith(1749 – 1806) Sonnet LXVI: The Night-Flood Rakes The night-flood rakes upon the stony shore; Along the rugged cliffs and chalky caves Mourns the hoarse Ocean, seeming to deplore All that...
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My mistress’ eyes…
William Shakepeare(1564-1616) My mistress‘ eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130) My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then...
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Sonnet 54
Edmund Spenser(1552-1599) Sonnet 54 Of this worlds theatre in which we stay, My love like the spectator ydly sits Beholding me that all the pageants play, Disguysing diversly my troubled wits....
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Sonnet I
Sir John Suckling(1606-1642) Sonnet I Dost see how unregarded now That piece of beauty passes? There was a time when I did vow To that alone; But mark the fate of faces; The red and white works now no...
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A Calendar of Sonnets: January
A Calendar of Sonnets: January O Winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire, What loss is theirs who from thy kingdom turn Dismayed, and think thy snow a sculptured urn Of death! Far sooner in midsummer...
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Sonnet 14…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning(1806 – 1861) Sonnet 14 – If thou must love me, let it be for nought XIV If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love’s sake only. Do not say ‘I love her for her...
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