Sonnet 139

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 139 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Text from Sonnet 139 in the 1609 Quarto.

Sonnet 139 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 139 Annotated

O! call not me to justify the wrong
That thy unkindness lays upon my heart;
Wound me not with thine eye, but with thy tongue:
Use power with power, and slay me not by art,
Tell me thou lov'st elsewhere; but in my sight,
Dear heart, forbear to glance thine eye aside:
What need'st thou wound with cunning, when thy might
Is more than my o'erpressed defence can bide?
Let me excuse thee: ah! my love well knows
Her pretty looks have been mine enemies;
And therefore from my face she turns my foes,
That they elsewhere might dart their injuries:
Yet do not so; but since I am near slain,
Kill me outright with looks, and rid my pain.

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Who wrote Sonnet 139's ?

Sonnet 139 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 139?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 139 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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