Sonnet 89 by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 89 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 89

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Sonnet 89 by William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 89 in the 1609 Quarto.

This sonnet is part of the sequence, numbers 1–126, dedicated to The Fair Youth.. The identity of the young man is unknown to this day, although various possibilities have been speculated.

As with Sonnet 88 the speaker’s obsessive love is revealed in his self-abnegati...

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Sonnet 89 Annotated

Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault,
And I will comment upon that offence:
Speak of my lameness, and I straight will halt,
Against thy reasons making no defence.
Thou canst not, love, disgrace me half so ill,
To set a form upon desired change,
As I'll myself disgrace; knowing thy will,
I will acquaintance strangle, and look strange;
Be absent from thy walks; and in my tongue
Thy sweet beloved name no more shall dwell,
Lest I, too much profane, should do it wrong,
And haply of our old acquaintance tell.
For thee, against my self I'll vow debate,
For I must ne'er love him whom thou dost hate.

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Sonnet 89 was written by William Shakespeare.

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