Sonnet 153

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Sonnet 153 by William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 153 in the 1609 Quarto.

Sonnet 153 continues the sequence of sonnets dedicated by Shakespeare to his “"Dark Lady”. The Fair Youth ceased to be the prime subject since Sonnet 127 and the woman is now central. Her identity is unknown and, as with the boy, it is a matter of academic debate as t...

Sonnet 153 Annotated

Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep:
A maid of Dian's this advantage found,
And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep
In a cold valley-fountain of that ground;
Which borrowed from this holy fire of Love,
A dateless lively heat, still to endure,
And grew a seething bath, which yet men prove
Against strange maladies a sovereign cure.
But at my mistress' eye Love's brand new-fired,
The boy for trial needs would touch my breast;
I, sick withal, the help of bath desired,
And thither hied, a sad distempered guest,
But found no cure, the bath for my help lies
Where Cupid got new fire; my mistress' eyes.

Sonnet 153

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