Sonnet 38

William Shakespeare * Track #38 On Sonnets

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 38 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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This sonnet focuses on the Fair Youth as a Muse, a source of inspiration to the Bard, an idea also used (but differently) in Sonnet 21. At the same time the young man is “too excellent” for more “vulgar” poets. The poet goes on to name the beautiful boy as the “tenth Muse”, a status sometimes attrib...

Sonnet 38 Annotated

How can my muse want subject to invent,
While thou dost breathe, that pour'st into my verse
Thine own sweet argument, too excellent
For every vulgar paper to rehearse?
O! give thy self the thanks, if aught in me
Worthy perusal stand against thy sight;
For who's so dumb that cannot write to thee,
When thou thy self dost give invention light?
Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth
Than those old nine which rhymers invocate;
And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth
Eternal numbers to outlive long date.
If my slight muse do please these curious days,
The pain be mine, but thine shall be the praise.

Sonnet 38 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 38's ?

Sonnet 38 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 38?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 38 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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