William Shakespeare

All the World's a Stage All the world's a stage, A Lover's Complaint FROM off a hill whose concave womb reworded Aubade HARK! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind Blow, blow, thou winter wind Bridal Song ROSES, their sharp spines being gone, Carpe Diem O mistress mine, where are you roaming? Dirge COME away, come away, death, Dirge of the Three Queens URNS and odours bring away! Fairy Land I OVER hill, over dale, Fairy Land II YOU spotted snakes with double tongue, Fairy Land III COME unto these yellow sands, Fairy Land IV WHERE the bee sucks, there suck I: Fairy Land v FULL fathom five thy father lies; Fidele FEAR no more the heat o' the sun, from Venus and Adonis But, lo! from forth a copse that neighbours by, From you have I been absent in the spring... (Sonnet 98) From you have I been absent in the spring, Orpheus with his Lute Made Trees Orpheus with his lute made trees, Sigh No More Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Sonnet 106: When in the Chronicle of Wasted Time When in the chronicle of wasted time Sonnet 8 Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly? Sonnet CVII: Not Mine Own Fears, Nor the Prophetic Soul Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Sonnet CXI: O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, Sonnet CXLV Those lips that Love's own hand did make Sonnet CXVI: Let me not to the marriage of true minds Let me not to the marriage of true minds Sonnet CXXX: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Sonnet I: From Fairest Creatures We Desire Increase From fairest creatures we desire increase, Sonnet III: Look In Thy Glass, and Tell the Face Thou Viewest Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewest Sonnet II: When Forty Winters Shall Besiege Thy Brow When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, Sonnet IV: Unthrifty Loveliness, Why Dost Thou Spend Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend Sonnet LXIV: When I Have Seen by Time's Fell Hand Defac'd When I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'd Sonnets CVII: Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Sonnets CX: Alas, 'tis true I have gone here and there Alas, 'tis true I have gone here and there Sonnets CXLVI: Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, Sonnets CXVI: Let me not to the marriage of true minds Let me not to the marriage of true minds Sonnets CXXIX: Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame Sonnets LIII: What is your substance, whereof are you made What is your substance, whereof are you made, Sonnets LXIV: When I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'd When I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'd Sonnets LX: Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shor Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, Sonnets LXVI: Tir'd with all these, for restful death I cry Tir'd with all these, for restful death I cry, Sonnets LXXIII: That time of year thou mayst in me behold That time of year thou mayst in me behold Sonnets XCIV: They that have power to hurt and will do none They that have power to hurt and will do none, Sonnets XIX: Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, Sonnets XVIII: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Sonnets XV: When I consider everything that grows When I consider everything that grows Sonnets XXIX: When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, Sonnets XXV: Let those who are in favour with their stars Let those who are in favour with their stars Sonnets XXXIII: Full many a glorious morning have I seen Full many a glorious morning have I seen Sonnets XXX: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought When to the sessions of sweet silent thought Sonnet V: Those Hours, That With Gentle Work Did Frame Those hours, that with gentle work did frame Sonnet XCIV: They That Have Power to Hurt and Will Do None They that have power to hurt and will do none, Sonnet XV: When I consider everything that grows When I consider everything that grows Sonnet XXIX: When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, Sonnet XXXII: If thou survive my well-contented day If thou survive my well-contented day, Sonnet XXXVIII: How Can My Muse Want Subject to Invent How can my muse want subject to invent, Sonnet XXX: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought When to the sessions of sweet silent thought Spring When daisies pied, and violets blue, Take, O Take those Lips Away Take, O take those lips away, The Passionate Pilgrim The Passionate Pilgrim The Phoenix and the Turtle Let the bird of loudest lay The Quality of Mercy The quality of mercy is not strain'd. The Rape Of Lucrece TO THE Under the Greenwood Tree Under the greenwood tree Venus and Adonis 'Vilia miretur vulgus; mihi flavus Apollo Venus and Adonis (excerpt) Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, Winter When icicles hang by the wall Witches Chant (from Macbeth) Round about the couldron go: