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Famous Quotes from Shakespeare Quiz: Famous Quotes from Shakespeare’s Plays Quiz: Shakespeare’s Life and Times Related Links Famous Shakespearean Actors Table of Shakespeare’s Plays Shakespeare on Film Royal Shakespeare Company Charles and Mary Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare Text of Shakespeare’s Plays All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry the Fourth, I Henry the Fourth, II Henry the Fifth Henry the Sixth, I Henry the Sixth, II Henry the Sixth, III Henry the Eighth Julius Caesar King John King Lear Love’s Labor’s Lost Measure for Measure Macbeth The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado about Nothing Othello Pericles, Prince of Tyre Richard the Second Richard the Third Romeo and Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night, or What You Will Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter’s Tale Text of Shakespeare’s Sonnets From fairest creatures we des… When forty winters shall besi… Look in thy glass and tell th… Unthrifty loveliness, why dos… Those hours, that with gentle… Then let not winter’s ragged … Lo! in the orient when the gr… Music to hear, why hear’st th… Is it for fear to wet a widow… For shame! deny that thou bea… As fast as thou shalt wane, s… When I do count the clock tha… O! that you were your self; b… Not from the stars do I my ju… When I consider every thing t… But wherefore do not you a mi… Who will believe my verse in … Shall I compare thee to a sum… Devouring Time, blunt thou th… A woman’s face with nature’s … So is it not with me as with … My glass shall not persuade m… As an unperfect actor on the … Mine eye hath play’d the pain… Let those who are in favour w… Lord of my love, to whom in v… Weary with toil, I haste me t… How can I then return in happ… When in disgrace with fortune… When to the sessions of sweet… Thy bosom is endeared with al… If thou survive my well-conte… Full many a glorious morning … Why didst thou promise such a… No more be griev’d at that wh… Let me confess that we two mu… As a decrepit father takes de… How can my muse want subject … O! how thy worth with manners… Take all my loves, my love, y… Those pretty wrongs that libe… That thou hast her it is not … When most I wink, then do min… If the dull substance of my f… The other two, slight air, an… Mine eye and heart are at a m… Betwixt mine eye and heart a … How careful was I when I took… Against that time, if ever th… How heavy do I journey on the… Thus can my love excuse the s… So am I as the rich, whose bl… What is your substance, where… O! how much more doth beauty … Not marble, nor the gilded mo… Sweet love, renew thy force; … Being your slave what should … That god forbid, that made me… If there be nothing new, but … Like as the waves make toward… Is it thy will, thy image sho… Sin of self-love possesseth a… Against my love shall be as I… When I have seen by Time’s fe… Since brass, nor stone, nor e… Tired with all these, for res… Ah! wherefore with infection … Thus is his cheek the map of … Those parts of thee that the … That thou art blam’d shall no… No longer mourn for me when I… O! lest the world should task… That time of year thou mayst … But be contented: when that f… So are you to my thoughts as … Why is my verse so barren of … Thy glass will show thee how … So oft have I invoked thee fo… Whilst I alone did call upon … O! how I faint when I of you … Or I shall live your epitaph … I grant thou wert not married… I never saw that you did pain… Who is it that says most, whi… My tongue-tied Muse in manner… Was it the proud full sail of… Farewell! thou art too dear f… When thou shalt be dispos’d t… Say that thou didst forsake m… Then hate me when thou wilt; … Some glory in their birth, so… But do thy worst to steal thy… So shall I live, supposing th… They that have power to hurt,… How sweet and lovely dost tho… Some say thy fault is youth, … How like a winter hath my abs… From you have I been absent i… The forward violet thus did I… Where art thou Muse that thou… O truant Muse what shall be t… My love is strengthen’d, thou… Alack! what poverty my Muse b… To me, fair friend, you never… Let not my love be call’d ido… When in the chronicle of wast… Not mine own fears, nor the p… What’s in the brain, that ink… O! never say that I was false… Alas! ’tis true, I have gone … O! for my sake do you with Fo… Your love and pity doth the i… Since I left you, mine eye is… Or whether doth my mind, bein… Those lines that I before hav… Let me not to the marriage of… Accuse me thus: that I have s… Like as, to make our appetite… What potions have I drunk of … That you were once unkind bef… ‘Tis better to be vile than v… Thy gift, thy tables, are wit… No, Time, thou shalt not boas… If my dear love were but the … Were’t aught to me I bore the… O thou, my lovely boy, who in… In the old age black was not … How oft when thou, my music, … The expense of spirit in a wa… My mistress’ eyes are nothing… Thou art as tyrannous, so as … Thine eyes I love, and they, … Beshrew that heart that makes… So, now I have confess’d that… Whoever hath her wish, thou h… If thy soul check thee that I… Thou blind fool, Love, what d… When my love swears that she … O! call not me to justify the… Be wise as thou art cruel; do… In faith I do not love thee w… Love is my sin, and thy dear … Lo, as a careful housewife ru… Two loves I have of comfort a… Those lips that Love’s own ha… Poor soul, the centre of my s… My love is as a fever longing… O me! what eyes hath Love put… Canst thou, O cruel! say I lo… O! from what power hast thou … Love is too young to know wha… In loving thee thou know’st I… Cupid laid by his brand and f… The little Love-god lying onc…
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Text of Shakespeare’s Plays
- All’s Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry the Fourth, I
- Henry the Fourth, II
- Henry the Fifth
- Henry the Sixth, I
- Henry the Sixth, II
- Henry the Sixth, III
- Henry the Eighth
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love’s Labor’s Lost
- Measure for Measure
- Macbeth
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Much Ado about Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre
- Richard the Second
- Richard the Third
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will
- Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Winter’s Tale
Text of Shakespeare’s Sonnets
From fairest creatures we des…
When forty winters shall besi…
Look in thy glass and tell th…
Unthrifty loveliness, why dos…
Those hours, that with gentle…
Then let not winter’s ragged …
Lo! in the orient when the gr…
Music to hear, why hear’st th…
Is it for fear to wet a widow…
For shame! deny that thou bea…
As fast as thou shalt wane, s…
When I do count the clock tha…
O! that you were your self; b…
Not from the stars do I my ju…
When I consider every thing t…
But wherefore do not you a mi…
Who will believe my verse in …
Shall I compare thee to a sum…
Devouring Time, blunt thou th…
A woman’s face with nature’s …
So is it not with me as with …
My glass shall not persuade m…
As an unperfect actor on the …
Mine eye hath play’d the pain…
Let those who are in favour w…
Lord of my love, to whom in v…
Weary with toil, I haste me t…
How can I then return in happ…
When in disgrace with fortune…
When to the sessions of sweet…
Thy bosom is endeared with al…
If thou survive my well-conte…
Full many a glorious morning …
Why didst thou promise such a…
No more be griev’d at that wh…
Let me confess that we two mu…
As a decrepit father takes de…
How can my muse want subject …
O! how thy worth with manners…
Take all my loves, my love, y…
Those pretty wrongs that libe…
That thou hast her it is not …
When most I wink, then do min…
If the dull substance of my f…
The other two, slight air, an…
Mine eye and heart are at a m…
Betwixt mine eye and heart a …
How careful was I when I took…
Against that time, if ever th…
How heavy do I journey on the…
Thus can my love excuse the s…
So am I as the rich, whose bl…
What is your substance, where…
O! how much more doth beauty …
Not marble, nor the gilded mo…
Sweet love, renew thy force; …
Being your slave what should …
That god forbid, that made me…
If there be nothing new, but …
Like as the waves make toward…
Is it thy will, thy image sho…
Sin of self-love possesseth a…
Against my love shall be as I…
When I have seen by Time’s fe…
Since brass, nor stone, nor e…
Tired with all these, for res…
Ah! wherefore with infection …
Thus is his cheek the map of …
Those parts of thee that the …
That thou art blam’d shall no…
No longer mourn for me when I…
O! lest the world should task…
That time of year thou mayst …
But be contented: when that f…
So are you to my thoughts as …
Why is my verse so barren of …
Thy glass will show thee how …
So oft have I invoked thee fo…
Whilst I alone did call upon …
O! how I faint when I of you …
Or I shall live your epitaph …
I grant thou wert not married…
I never saw that you did pain…
Who is it that says most, whi…
My tongue-tied Muse in manner…
Was it the proud full sail of…
Farewell! thou art too dear f…
When thou shalt be dispos’d t…
Say that thou didst forsake m…
Then hate me when thou wilt; …
Some glory in their birth, so…
But do thy worst to steal thy…
So shall I live, supposing th…
They that have power to hurt,…
How sweet and lovely dost tho…
Some say thy fault is youth, …
How like a winter hath my abs…
From you have I been absent i…
The forward violet thus did I…
Where art thou Muse that thou…
O truant Muse what shall be t…
My love is strengthen’d, thou…
Alack! what poverty my Muse b…
To me, fair friend, you never…
Let not my love be call’d ido…
When in the chronicle of wast…
Not mine own fears, nor the p…
What’s in the brain, that ink…
O! never say that I was false…
Alas! ’tis true, I have gone …
O! for my sake do you with Fo…
Your love and pity doth the i…
Since I left you, mine eye is…
Or whether doth my mind, bein…
Those lines that I before hav…
Let me not to the marriage of…
Accuse me thus: that I have s…
Like as, to make our appetite…
What potions have I drunk of …
That you were once unkind bef…
‘Tis better to be vile than v…
Thy gift, thy tables, are wit…
No, Time, thou shalt not boas…
If my dear love were but the …
Were’t aught to me I bore the…
O thou, my lovely boy, who in…
In the old age black was not …
How oft when thou, my music, …
The expense of spirit in a wa…
My mistress’ eyes are nothing…
Thou art as tyrannous, so as …
Thine eyes I love, and they, …
Beshrew that heart that makes…
So, now I have confess’d that…
Whoever hath her wish, thou h…
If thy soul check thee that I…
Thou blind fool, Love, what d…
When my love swears that she …
O! call not me to justify the…
Be wise as thou art cruel; do…
In faith I do not love thee w…
Love is my sin, and thy dear …
Lo, as a careful housewife ru…
Two loves I have of comfort a…
Those lips that Love’s own ha…
Poor soul, the centre of my s…
My love is as a fever longing…
O me! what eyes hath Love put…
Canst thou, O cruel! say I lo…
O! from what power hast thou …
Love is too young to know wha…
In loving thee thou know’st I…
Cupid laid by his brand and f…
The little Love-god lying onc…
About His Life
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About the Poetry
Critical Opinion
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- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
