Sonnet 99

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 99 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

Performed by

William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 99 is a part of the “Fair Youth” sequence, dedicated to a beautiful young man. The identity of the boy is unknown to this day, although various possibilities have been speculated.

This sonnet is a variation on the conventions of the blazon, cataloging the physical attributes of the beloved a...

Sonnet 99 Annotated

The forward violet thus did I chide:
Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells
If not from my love's breath? The purple pride
Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells
In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dy'd
The lily I condemned for thy hand
And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair;
The roses fearfully on thorns did stand
One blushing shame, another white despair;
A third, nor red nor white, had stol'n of both
And to his robbery had annexed thy breath;
But, for his theft, in pride of all his growth
A vengeful canker eat him up to death
More flowers I noted, yet I none could see
But sweet, or colour it had stol'n from thee

Sonnet 99 Q&A

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Sonnet 99 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 99?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 99 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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