Sonnet 67

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 67 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 67 in the 1609 Quarto.

This sonnet belongs to the sequence Shakespeare wrote in praise of the Fair Youth. The Bard lists ways that people, organisations and even nature take advantage of the beautiful boy. Nothing else is as beautiful and pure, yet he must live in a world where nothing is as...

Sonnet 67 Annotated

Ah! wherefore with infection should he live,
And with his presence grace impiety,
That sin by him advantage should achieve,
And lace itself with his society?
Why should false painting imitate his cheek,
And steal dead seeming of his living hue?
Why should poor beauty indirectly seek
Roses of shadow, since his rose is true?
Why should he live, now Nature bankrupt is,
Beggared of blood to blush through lively veins?
For she hath no exchequer now but his,
And proud of many, lives upon his gains.
O! him she stores, to show what wealth she had
In days long since, before these last so bad.

Sonnet 67 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 67's ?

Sonnet 67 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 67?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 67 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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