Sonnet 79

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 79 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 79 from the 1609 Quarto.

This sonnet is one of a group of poems that deal with the “Rival Poet.” The Fair Youth has had a positive effect, his inspirational beauty lifting the Bard’s poetry to new heights. However, other writers have also been affected by the boy’s beauty, so the poet has...

Sonnet 79 Annotated

Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid,
My verse alone had all thy gentle grace;
But now my gracious numbers are decayed,
And my sick Muse doth give an other place.
I grant, sweet love, thy lovely argument
Deserves the travail of a worthier pen;
Yet what of thee thy poet doth invent
He robs thee of, and pays it thee again.
He lends thee virtue, and he stole that word
From thy behaviour; beauty doth he give,
And found it in thy cheek: he can afford
No praise to thee, but what in thee doth live.
Then thank him not for that which he doth say,
Since what he owes thee, thou thyself dost pay.

Sonnet 79 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 79's ?

Sonnet 79 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 79?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 79 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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