Sonnet 154

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 154 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 154 from the 1609 Quarto.

Sonnet 154 is the last of all Shakespeare’s sonnets and the last sequence dedicated to the “"Dark Lady”. The Fair Youth ceased to be the poet’s focus since Sonnet 127 and the woman has been central. Her identity is unknown and, as with the boy, it is a matter of aca...

Sonnet 154 Annotated

The little Love-god lying once asleep
Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand,
Whilst many nymphs that vowed chaste life to keep
Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand
The fairest votary took up that fire
Which many legions of true hearts had warmed;
And so the General of hot desire
Was, sleeping, by a virgin hand disarmed.
This brand she quenched in a cool well by,
Which from Love's fire took heat perpetual,
Growing a bath and healthful remedy
For men diseased; but I, my mistress' thrall,
Came there for cure and this by that I prove,
Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.

Sonnet 154 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 154's ?

Sonnet 154 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 154?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 154 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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