Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Sonnet 102: My Love Is Strengthened, Though More Weak In Seeming
My love is strengthened, though more weak in seeming;I love not less, though less the show appear;That love is merchandized, whose rich esteemingThe..
© William Shakespeare
Sonnet 141: In Faith, I Do Not Love Thee With Mine Eyes
In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,For they in thee a thousand errors note;But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise,Who in despite of..
© William Shakespeare
When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes (Sonnet 29)
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,I all alone beweep my outcast state,And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,And look upon myself..
© William Shakespeare
Orpheus
Orpheus with his lute made treesAnd the mountain tops that freeze Bow themselves when he did sing:To his music plants and flowersEver sprung; as..
© William Shakespeare
Sonnet 20: A Woman's Face With Nature's Own Hand Painted
A woman's face with Nature's own hand paintedHast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;A woman's gentle heart, but not acquaintedWith shifting..
© William Shakespeare
Fairy Land Iii
COME unto these yellow sands, And then take hands:Court'sied when you have, and kiss'd,-- The wild waves whist,--Foot it featly here and..
© William Shakespeare
It Was A Lover And His Lass
IT was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,That o'er the green corn-field did pass, In the spring time, the only pretty..
© William Shakespeare
Silvia
WHO is Silvia? What is she? That all our swains commend her?Holy, fair, and wise is she; The heaven such grace did lend her,That she might..
© William Shakespeare
Not From The Stars Do I My Judgment Pluck (Sonnet 14)
Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck,And yet methinks I have astronomy;But not to tell of good or evil luck,Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons'..
© William Shakespeare
Sigh No More
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,Men were deceivers ever;One foot in sea, and one on shore,To one thing constant never.Then sigh not so,But let..
© William Shakespeare
Under The Greenwood Tree
Under the greenwood treeWho loves to lie with me,And turn his merry noteUnto the sweet bird's throat,Come hither, come hither, come hither:Here shall..
© William Shakespeare
Juliet's Soliloquy
Farewell!--God knows when we shall meet again.I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veinsThat almost freezes up the heat of life:I'll call them..
© William Shakespeare
Sonnet 130: My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red than her lips' red;If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires..
© William Shakespeare
From Venus And Adonis
But, lo! from forth a copse that neighbours by,A breeding jennet, lusty, young, and proud,Adonis' trampling courser doth espy,And forth she rushes..
© William Shakespeare
Fairy Land Ii
YOU spotted snakes with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen;Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong; Come not near our fairy..
© William Shakespeare
Dirge Of The Three Queens
URNS and odours bring away! Vapours, sighs, darken the day!Our dole more deadly looks than dying; Balms and gums and heavy cheers, Sacred vials..
© William Shakespeare
The Quality Of Mercy
The quality of mercy is not strain'd.It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blest:It blesseth him that gives..
© William Shakespeare
Aubade
HARK! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise,His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies;And..
© William Shakespeare
Winter
When icicles hang by the wallAnd Dick the shepherd blows his nailAnd Tom bears logs into the hall,And milk comes frozen home in pail,When Blood is..
© William Shakespeare
Fairy Land I
OVER hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere, Swifter..
© William Shakespeare
Dirge
COME away, come away, death, And in sad cypres let me be laid;Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid.My shroud of white..
© William Shakespeare
Full Fathom Five
Full fathom five thy father lies;Of his bones are coral made;Those are pearls that were his eyes:Nothing of him that doth fadeBut doth suffer a..
© William Shakespeare
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..
© William Shakespeare
A Madrigal
Crabbed Age and YouthCannot live together:Youth is full of pleasance,Age is full of care;Youth like summer morn,Age like winter weather;Youth like..
© William Shakespeare
Sonnet 138: When My Love Swears That She Is Made Of Truth
When my love swears that she is made of truthI do believe her, though I know she lies,That she might think me some untutored youth,Unlearnèd in the..
© William Shakespeare