Oct 8, 2024

10 lines from Shakespeare’s sonnets that are profoundly deep and moving

Aakanksha Sharma

Shakespeare's sonnets

Shakespeare, a master of words and feelings, has written some of the most profound texts. From the plays of jealousy to the poetry of love, there isn't a genre that Shakespeare didn't touch. And so, here we mention 10 deep and moving lines from his sonnets.

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Sonnet 18

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate."

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Sonnet 29

"When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,I all alone beweep my outcast state."

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Sonnet 29

"For thy sweet love remembered such wealth bringsThat then I scorn to change my state with kings."

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Sonnet 30

"But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,All losses are restored, and sorrows end."

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Sonnet 33

"Full many a glorious morning have I seenFlatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye."

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Sonnet 55

"Not marble, nor the gilded monumentsOf princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme."

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Sonnet 60

"And yet to times in hope, my verse shall stand,Praising thy worth despite his cruel hand."

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Sonnet 65

"Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,But sad mortality o'ersways their power."

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Sonnet 87

"Farewell! Thou art too dear for my possessing,And like enough thou know'st thy estimate."

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Sonnet 130

"And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rareAs any she belied with false compare."

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