Sonnet 115 by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 115 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 115

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Sonnet 115 by William Shakespeare

Release Date
Thu Jan 01 1609
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Text from Sonnet 115 in the 1609 Quarto.

It is generally agreed that this, like others in the sonnet sequence was written for a man. It’s part of 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 Wriothesl...

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Sonnet 115 Annotated

Those lines that I before have writ do lie,
Even those that said I could not love you dearer:
Yet then my judgment knew no reason why
My most full flame should afterwards burn clearer.
But reckoning Time, whose million'd accidents
Creep in 'twixt vows, and change decrees of kings,
Tan sacred beauty, blunt the sharp'st intents,
Divert strong minds to the course of altering things;
Alas! why, fearing of Time's tyranny,
Might I not then say, 'Now I love you best,'
When I was certain o'er incertainty,
Crowning the present, doubting of the rest?
Love is a babe, then might I not say so,
To give full growth to that which still doth grow?

Sonnet 115 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 115's ?

Sonnet 115 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 115?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 115 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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