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Summer's day? | | | | | | | Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.Shakespearean Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day? | | | | William Shakespeare online - William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day? Famous William Shakespeare love poem known as Shakespearean Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day. Famous Shakespearean sonnet, or short poem, entitled William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day. | Page Back | Shakespeare Index | Sonnets Index | Add to Favourites | | |
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William Shakespeare is arguably the most famous writer of the English language, known for both his plays and sonnets. Though much about his life remains open to controversy because of incomplete evidence, the following biography consolidates the most widely-accepted facts of his life and career.
In the mid-sixteenth century, William Shakespeare's father, John Shakespeare, moved to the idyllic town of Stratford-upon-Avon. There, he became a successful landowner, moneylender, glove-maker, and dealer of wool and agricultural goods. In 1557,
Summer's day? | | | | | | | Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.Shakespearean Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day? | | | | William Shakespeare online - William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day? Famous William Shakespeare love poem known as Shakespearean Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day. Famous Shakespearean sonnet, or short poem, entitled William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day. | Page Back | Shakespeare Index | Sonnets Index | Add to Favourites | | |
Copyright © 2005 William Shakespeare info | | |
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William Shakespeare is arguably the most famous writer of the English language, known for both his plays and sonnets. Though much about his life remains open to controversy because of incomplete evidence, the following biography consolidates the most widely-accepted facts of his life and career.
In the mid-sixteenth century, William Shakespeare's father, John Shakespeare, moved to the idyllic town of Stratford-upon-Avon. There, he became a successful landowner, moneylender, glove-maker, and dealer of wool and agricultural goods. In 1557,