First Lines of Every Shakespearean Sonnet
Don't ya just hate when you go a-courting, and there you are
down on one knee about to rattle off a totally romantic
Shakespearean sonnet, and zap! You space it. "Um... It was,
uh... I think it started with a B..."
Well, appearest thou no longer the dork. Simply pull this
page up on your laptop computer, click on the first letter of
the sonnet you want, and get an instant reminder of the first
line to get you started. "Beshrew that heart that makes my
heart to groan..." She's putty in your hands.
Alphabetical Index
(Click on a letter)
A B C
D E F
G H I
J K L
M N O
P Q R
S T U
V W X
Y Z
A
A woman's face with nature's own hand painted,
Accuse me thus, that I have scanted all,
Against my love shall be as I am now
Against that time (if ever that time come)
Ah wherefore with infection should he live,
Alack what poverty my muse brings forth,
Alas 'tis true, I have gone here and there,
As a decrepit father takes delight,
As an unperfect actor on the stage,
As fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou grow'st,
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B
Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press
Being your slave what should I do but tend,
Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took,
But be contented when that fell arrest,
But do thy worst to steal thy self away,
But wherefore do not you a mightier way
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...Sonnets starting with C through X go here...
Y
Your love and pity doth th' impression fill,
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Z
(No sonnets start with Z.)
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