Fear No More – Poem by William Shakespeare Fear no more the heat o’ the sun; Nor the furious winter’s rages, Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages; Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney sweepers come to dust. Fear no more the frown of the great, Thou […]
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St. Crispin’s Day Speech: From Henry V – Poem by William Shakespeare
St. Crispin’s Day Speech: From Henry V – Poem by William Shakespeare WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England That do no work to-day! KING. What’s he that wishes so? My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin; If we are mark’d to die, we are enow […]
Sonnet 109 – Poem by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 109: O, Never Say That I Was False Of Heart – Poem by William Shakespeare O, never say that I was false of heart, Though absence seemed my flame to qualify. As easy might I from my self depart As from my soul which in thy breast doth lie. That is my home of […]
Sonnet 128: How Oft, When Thou, My Music, Music Play’st – Poem by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 128: How Oft, When Thou, My Music, Music Play’st – Poem by William Shakespeare How oft, when thou, my music, music play’st, Upon that blessèd wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers when thou gently sway’st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap To kiss […]
Sonnet 113: Since I Left You, Mine Eye Is In My Mind – Poem by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 113: Since I Left You, Mine Eye Is In My Mind – Poem by William Shakespeare Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind, And that which governs me to go about Doth part his function, and is partly blind, Seems seeing, but effectually is out; For it no form delivers to […]
Sonnet 23: As An Unperfect Actor On The Stage – Poem by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 23: As An Unperfect Actor On The Stage – Poem by William Shakespeare As an unperfect actor on the stage Who with his fear is put beside his part, Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage, Whose strength’s abundance weakens his own heart, So I, for fear of trust, forget to say […]
Sonnet 101: O Truant Muse, What Shall Be Thy Amends – Poem by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 101: O Truant Muse, What Shall Be Thy Amends – Poem by William Shakespeare O truant Muse, what shall be thy amends For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed? Both truth and beauty on my love depends; So dost thou too, and therein dignified. Make answer, Muse. Wilt thou not haply say, “Truth […]