Sonnet 49

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 49 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 49 in the 1609 Quarto.

This is thought by many to be one of the loveliest of the sonnets in the Fair Youth sequence. The Bard expresses fear that there will be a dreadful day in the future when the beautiful young man will lose interest in his older lover and will look elsewhere. The poem...

Sonnet 49 Annotated

Against that time, if ever that time come,
When I shall see thee frown on my defects,
When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,
Called to that audit by advis'd respects;
Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass,
And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye,
When love, converted from the thing it was,
Shall reasons find of settled gravity;
Against that time do I ensconce me here,
Within the knowledge of mine own desert,
And this my hand, against my self uprear,
To guard the lawful reasons on thy part:
To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws,
Since why to love I can allege no cause.

Sonnet 49 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 49's ?

Sonnet 49 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 49?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 49 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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