Sonnet 65

William Shakespeare * Track #65 On Sonnets

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 65 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 65 from the 1609 Quarto.

This sonnet continues the sequence dedicated to the “Fair Youth”. It continues the theme that was the focus of the two preceding sonnets, 63 and 64; that of time and its destructiveness. The only way Time — the Bard capitalises it to emphasise its significance — can...

Sonnet 65 Annotated

Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,
But sad mortality o'ersways their power,
How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,
Whose action is no stronger than a flower?
O! how shall summer's honey breath hold out,
Against the wrackful siege of battering days,
When rocks impregnable are not so stout,
Nor gates of steel so strong but Time decays?
O fearful meditation! where, alack,
Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid?
Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back?
Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid?
O! none, unless this miracle have might,
That in black ink my love may still shine bright.

Sonnet 65 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 65's ?

Sonnet 65 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 65?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 65 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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