Sonnet 114 by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 114 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 114

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Sonnet 114 by William Shakespeare

Release Date
Thu Jan 01 1609
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Sonnet 114 in the 1609 Quarto.

Sonnet 114 belongs to the Fair Youth sequence of sonnets–numbers 1–126–which was dedicated to a “Mr. W.H.” Popular candidates for the identity of W.H. include Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, and William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, both of whom were pat...

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Sonnet 114 Annotated

Or whether doth my mind, being crowned with you,
Drink up the monarch's plague, this flattery?
Or whether shall I say, mine eye saith true,
And that your love taught it this alchemy,
To make of monsters and things indigest
Such cherubins as your sweet self resemble,
Creating every bad a perfect best,
As fast as objects to his beams assemble?
O! 'tis the first, 'tis flattery in my seeing,
And my great mind most kingly drinks it up:
Mine eye well knows what with his gust is 'greeing,
And to his palate doth prepare the cup:
If it be poisoned, 'tis the lesser sin
That mine eye loves it and doth first begin.

Sonnet 114 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 114's ?

Sonnet 114 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 114?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 114 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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