Sonnet 137

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 137 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Text from Sonnet 137 in the 1609 Quarto.

Sonnet 137 continues the sequence of sonnets dedicated by Shakespeare to his “"Dark Lady”. The Fair Youth is no longer the subject and the woman is now central. Her identity is unknown and, as with the boy, it is a matter of academic debate as to whether she...

Sonnet 137 Annotated

Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes,
That they behold, and see not what they see?
They know what beauty is, see where it lies,
Yet what the best is take the worst to be.
If eyes, corrupt by over-partial looks,
Be anchored in the bay where all men ride,
Why of eyes' falsehood hast thou forged hooks,
Whereto the judgment of my heart is tied?
Why should my heart think that a several plot,
Which my heart knows the wide world's common place?
Or mine eyes, seeing this, say this is not,
To put fair truth upon so foul a face?
In things right true my heart and eyes have erred,
And to this false plague are they now transferred.

Sonnet 137 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 137's ?

Sonnet 137 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 137?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 137 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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