The Sonnets And Other Poems (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
But if the first heir of my invention prove deformed, I shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather and never after ear so barren a land, for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest. I leave it to your honourable survey, and your honour to your heart’s content, which I wish may always answer your own wish and the world’s hopeful expectation.Your honour’s in all duty,William Shakespeare EVEN as1 the sun with purple-coloured faceHad ta’en his last leave of the weeping morn,Rose-cheeked Adonis hied him3 to the chase.Hunting he loved, but love he laughed to scorn. Sick-thoughted5 Venus makes amain unto him And like a bold-faced suitor ’gins to woo him. ‘Thrice-fairer than myself’, thus she began,‘The field’s chief flower, sweet above compare,Stain to9 all nymphs, more lovely than a man,More white and red10 than doves or roses are: Nature that made thee, with herself at strife, Saith12 that the world hath ending with thy life. ‘Vouchsafe13, thou wonder, to alight thy steedAnd rein his proud14 head to the saddle-bow.If thou wilt deign this favour, for thy meed15A thousand honey secrets16 shalt thou know: Here come and sit, where never serpent hisses, And being set18, I’ll smother thee with kisses.
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