| Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads |
| 1: A Lover's Complaint | From off a hill whose concave womb reworded | 1609 | 331 | 494 |
| 2: The Passionate Pilgrim | When my love swears that she is made of truth, | 1598 | 437 | 422 |
| 3: The Phoenix and the Turtle | Let the bird of loudest lay, | 1601 | 67 | 471 |
| 4: The Rape of Lucrece | From the besieged Ardea all in post, | 1594 | 1865 | 392 |
| 5: The Sonnets C - Where art thou Muse that thou forget’st so long | Where art thou Muse that thou forget’st so long, | | 14 | 616 |
| 6: The Sonnets CI - O truant Muse what shall be thy amends | O truant Muse what shall be thy amends | | 14 | 552 |
| 7: The Sonnets CII - My love is strengthen’d, though more weak in seeming | My love is strengthen’d, though more weak in seeming; | | 14 | 575 |
| 8: The Sonnets CIII - Alack! what poverty my Muse brings forth | Alack! what poverty my Muse brings forth, | | 14 | 564 |
| 9: The Sonnets CIV - To me, fair friend, you never can be old | To me, fair friend, you never can be old, | | 14 | 587 |
| 10: The Sonnets CIX - O! never say that I was false of heart | O! never say that I was false of heart, | | 14 | 398 |
| 11: The Sonnets CL - O! from what power hast thou this powerful might | O! from what power hast thou this powerful might, | | 14 | 597 |
| 12: The Sonnets CLI - Love is too young to know what conscience is | Love is too young to know what conscience is, | | 14 | 612 |
| 13: The Sonnets CLII - In loving thee thou know’st I am forsworn | In loving thee thou know’st I am forsworn, | | 14 | 579 |
| 14: The Sonnets CLIII - Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep | Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep: | | 14 | 618 |
| 15: The Sonnets CLIV - The little Love-god lying once asleep | The little Love-god lying once asleep, | | 14 | 573 |
| 16: The Sonnets CV - Let not my love be call’d idolatry | Let not my love be call’d idolatry, | | 14 | 545 |
| 17: The Sonnets CVI - When in the chronicle of wasted time | When in the chronicle of wasted time | | 14 | 544 |
| 18: The Sonnets CVII - Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul | Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul | | 14 | 583 |
| 19: The Sonnets CVIII - What’s in the brain, that ink may character | What’s in the brain, that ink may character, | | 14 | 404 |
| 20: The Sonnets CX - Alas! ’tis true, I have gone here and there | Alas! ’tis true, I have gone here and there, | | 14 | 416 |
| 21: The Sonnets CXI - O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide | O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide, | | 14 | 388 |
| 22: The Sonnets CXII - Your love and pity doth the impression fill | Your love and pity doth the impression fill, | | 14 | 411 |
| 23: The Sonnets CXIII - Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind | Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind; | | 14 | 407 |
| 24: The Sonnets CXIV - Or whether doth my mind, being crown’d with you | Or whether doth my mind, being crown’d with you, | | 14 | 387 |
| 25: The Sonnets CXIX - What potions have I drunk of Siren tears | What potions have I drunk of Siren tears, | | 14 | 375 |
| 26: The Sonnets CXL - Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press | Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press | | 14 | 379 |
| 27: The Sonnets CXLI - In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes | In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes, | | 14 | 393 |
| 28: The Sonnets CXLII - Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate | Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, | | 14 | 396 |
| 29: The Sonnets CXLIII - Lo, as a careful housewife runs to catch | Lo, as a careful housewife runs to catch | | 14 | 418 |
| 30: The Sonnets CXLIV - Two loves I have of comfort and despair | Two loves I have of comfort and despair, | | 14 | 376 |
| 31: The Sonnets CXLIX - Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not | Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not, | | 14 | 557 |
| 32: The Sonnets CXLV - Those lips that Love’s own hand did make | Those lips that Love’s own hand did make, | | 14 | 397 |
| 33: The Sonnets CXLVI - Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth | Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, | | 14 | 364 |
| 34: The Sonnets CXLVII - My love is as a fever longing still | My love is as a fever longing still, | | 14 | 392 |
| 35: The Sonnets CXLVIII - O me! what eyes hath Love put in my head | O me! what eyes hath Love put in my head, | | 14 | 565 |
| 36: The Sonnets CXV - Those lines that I before have writ do lie | Those lines that I before have writ do lie, | | 14 | 405 |
| 37: The Sonnets CXVI - Let me not to the marriage of true minds | Let me not to the marriage of true minds | | 14 | 405 |
| 38: The Sonnets CXVII - Accuse me thus: that I have scanted all | Accuse me thus: that I have scanted all, | | 14 | 399 |
| 39: The Sonnets CXVIII - Like as, to make our appetite more keen | Like as, to make our appetite more keen, | | 14 | 385 |
| 40: The Sonnets CXX - That you were once unkind befriends me now | That you were once unkind befriends me now, | | 14 | 396 |
| 41: The Sonnets CXXI - ’Tis better to be vile than vile esteem’d | Tis better to be vile than vile esteem’d, | | 14 | 404 |
| 42: The Sonnets CXXII - Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain | Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain | | 14 | 394 |
| 43: The Sonnets CXXIII - No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change | No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change: | | 14 | 380 |
| 44: The Sonnets CXXIV - If my dear love were but the child of state | If my dear love were but the child of state, | | 14 | 403 |
| 45: The Sonnets CXXIX - The expense of spirit in a waste of shame | The expense of spirit in a waste of shame | | 14 | 385 |
| 46: The Sonnets CXXV - Were’t aught to me I bore the canopy | Were’t aught to me I bore the canopy, | | 14 | 385 |
| 47: The Sonnets CXXVI - O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power | O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power | | 12 | 404 |
| 48: The Sonnets CXXVII - In the old age black was not counted fair | In the old age black was not counted fair, | | 14 | 396 |
| 49: The Sonnets CXXVIII - How oft when thou, my music, music play’st | How oft when thou, my music, music play’st, | | 14 | 396 |
| 50: The Sonnets CXXX - My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun | My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; | | 14 | 440 |
| 51: The Sonnets CXXXI - Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art | Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art, | | 14 | 389 |
| 52: The Sonnets CXXXII - Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me | Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, | | 14 | 374 |
| 53: The Sonnets CXXXIII - Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan | Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan | | 14 | 372 |
| 54: The Sonnets CXXXIV - So, now I have confess’d that he is thine | So, now I have confess’d that he is thine, | | 14 | 376 |
| 55: The Sonnets CXXXIX - O! call not me to justify the wrong | O! call not me to justify the wrong | | 14 | 384 |
| 56: The Sonnets CXXXV - Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy ‘Will,’ | Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy ‘Will,’ | | 14 | 396 |
| 57: The Sonnets CXXXVI - If thy soul check thee that I come so near | If thy soul check thee that I come so near, | | 14 | 387 |
| 58: The Sonnets CXXXVII - Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes | Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes, | | 14 | 380 |
| 59: The Sonnets CXXXVIII - When my love swears that she is made of truth | When my love swears that she is made of truth, | | 14 | 409 |
| 60: The Sonnets I - From fairest creatures we desire increase | From fairest creatures we desire increase, | | 14 | 386 |
| 61: The Sonnets II - When forty winters shall besiege thy brow | When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, | | 14 | 406 |
| 62: The Sonnets III - Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest | Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest | | 14 | 396 |
| 63: The Sonnets IV - Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend | Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend | | 14 | 375 |
| 64: The Sonnets IX - Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye | Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye, | | 14 | 703 |
| 65: The Sonnets L - How heavy do I journey on the way | How heavy do I journey on the way, | | 14 | 365 |
| 66: The Sonnets LI - Thus can my love excuse the slow offence | Thus can my love excuse the slow offence | | 14 | 381 |
| 67: The Sonnets LII - So am I as the rich, whose blessed key | So am I as the rich, whose blessed key, | | 14 | 395 |
| 68: The Sonnets LIII - What is your substance, whereof are you made | What is your substance, whereof are you made, | | 14 | 402 |
| 69: The Sonnets LIV - O! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem | O! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem | | 14 | 380 |
| 70: The Sonnets LIX - If there be nothing new, but that which is | If there be nothing new, but that which is | | 14 | 728 |
| 71: The Sonnets LV - Not marble, nor the gilded monuments | Not marble, nor the gilded monuments | | 14 | 687 |
| 72: The Sonnets LVI - Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said | Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said | | 14 | 691 |
| 73: The Sonnets LVII - Being your slave what should I do but tend | Being your slave what should I do but tend, | | 14 | 729 |
| 74: The Sonnets LVIII - That god forbid, that made me first your slave | That god forbid, that made me first your slave, | | 14 | 690 |
| 75: The Sonnets LX - Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore | Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, | | 14 | 704 |
| 76: The Sonnets LXI - Is it thy will, thy image should keep open | Is it thy will, thy image should keep open | | 14 | 765 |
| 77: The Sonnets LXII - Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye | Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye | | 14 | 698 |
| 78: The Sonnets LXIII - Against my love shall be as I am now | Against my love shall be as I am now, | | 14 | 694 |
| 79: The Sonnets LXIV - When I have seen by Time’s fell hand defac’d | When I have seen by Time’s fell hand defac’d | | 14 | 699 |
| 80: The Sonnets LXIX - Those parts of thee that the world’s eye doth view | Those parts of thee that the world’s eye doth view | | 14 | 673 |
| 81: The Sonnets LXV - Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea | Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, | | 14 | 705 |
| 82: The Sonnets LXVI - Tired with all these, for restful death I cry | Tired with all these, for restful death I cry, | | 14 | 676 |
| 83: The Sonnets LXVII - Ah! wherefore with infection should he live | Ah! wherefore with infection should he live, | | 14 | 686 |
| 84: The Sonnets LXVIII - Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn | Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn, | | 14 | 688 |
| 85: The Sonnets LXX - That thou art blam’d shall not be thy defect | That thou art blam’d shall not be thy defect, | | 14 | 688 |
| 86: The Sonnets LXXI - No longer mourn for me when I am dead | No longer mourn for me when I am dead | | 14 | 689 |
| 87: The Sonnets LXXII - O! lest the world should task you to recite | O! lest the world should task you to recite | | 14 | 701 |
| 88: The Sonnets LXXIII - That time of year thou mayst in me behold | That time of year thou mayst in me behold | | 14 | 707 |
| 89: The Sonnets LXXIV - But be contented: when that fell arrest | But be contented: when that fell arrest | | 14 | 702 |
| 90: The Sonnets LXXIX - Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid | Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid, | | 14 | 679 |
| 91: The Sonnets LXXV - So are you to my thoughts as food to life | So are you to my thoughts as food to life, | | 14 | 696 |
| 92: The Sonnets LXXVI - Why is my verse so barren of new pride | Why is my verse so barren of new pride, | | 14 | 668 |
| 93: The Sonnets LXXVII - Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear | Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear, | | 14 | 664 |
| 94: The Sonnets LXXVIII - So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse | So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse, | | 14 | 647 |
| 95: The Sonnets LXXX - O! how I faint when I of you do write | O! how I faint when I of you do write, | | 14 | 652 |
| 96: The Sonnets LXXXI - Or I shall live your epitaph to make | Or I shall live your epitaph to make, | | 14 | 679 |
| 97: The Sonnets LXXXII - I grant thou wert not married to my Muse | I grant thou wert not married to my Muse, | | 14 | 662 |
| 98: The Sonnets LXXXIII - I never saw that you did painting need | I never saw that you did painting need, | | 14 | 685 |
| 99: The Sonnets LXXXIV - Who is it that says most, which can say more | Who is it that says most, which can say more, | | 14 | 667 |
| 100: The Sonnets LXXXIX - Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault | Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault, | | 14 | 609 |
| 101: The Sonnets LXXXV - My tongue-tied Muse in manners holds her still | My tongue-tied Muse in manners holds her still, | | 14 | 662 |
| 102: The Sonnets LXXXVI - Was it the proud full sail of his great verse | Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, | | 14 | 679 |
| 103: The Sonnets LXXXVII - Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing | Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, | | 14 | 674 |
| 104: The Sonnets LXXXVIII - When thou shalt be dispos’d to set me light | When thou shalt be dispos’d to set me light, | | 14 | 669 |
| 105: The Sonnets V - Those hours, that with gentle work did frame | Those hours, that with gentle work did frame | | 14 | 366 |
| 106: The Sonnets VI - Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface | Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface, | | 14 | 379 |
| 107: The Sonnets VII - Lo! in the orient when the gracious light | Lo! in the orient when the gracious light | | 14 | 380 |
| 108: The Sonnets VIII - Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly? | Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly? | | 14 | 685 |
| 109: The Sonnets X - For shame! deny that thou bear’st love to any | For shame! deny that thou bear’st love to any, | | 14 | 695 |
| 110: The Sonnets XC - Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now | Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; | | 14 | 591 |
| 111: The Sonnets XCI - Some glory in their birth, some in their skill | Some glory in their birth, some in their skill, | | 14 | 609 |
| 112: The Sonnets XCII - But do thy worst to steal thyself away | But do thy worst to steal thyself away, | | 14 | 576 |
| 113: The Sonnets XCIII - So shall I live, supposing thou art true | So shall I live, supposing thou art true, | | 14 | 590 |
| 114: The Sonnets XCIV - They that have power to hurt, and will do none | They that have power to hurt, and will do none, | | 14 | 591 |
| 115: The Sonnets XCIX - The forward violet thus did I chide | The forward violet thus did I chide: | | 15 | 554 |
| 116: The Sonnets XCV - How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame | How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame | | 14 | 564 |
| 117: The Sonnets XCVI - Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness | Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness; | | 14 | 643 |
| 118: The Sonnets XCVII - How like a winter hath my absence been | How like a winter hath my absence been | | 14 | 570 |
| 119: The Sonnets XCVIII - From you have I been absent in the spring | From you have I been absent in the spring, | | 14 | 541 |
| 120: The Sonnets XI - As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow’st | As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow’st, | | 14 | 658 |
| 121: The Sonnets XII - When I do count the clock that tells the time | When I do count the clock that tells the time, | | 14 | 641 |
| 122: The Sonnets XIII - O! that you were your self; but, love you are | O! that you were your self; but, love you are | | 14 | 645 |
| 123: The Sonnets XIV - Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck | Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck; | | 14 | 651 |
| 124: The Sonnets XIX - Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws | Devouring time, blunt thou the lion’s paws, | | 14 | 648 |
| 125: The Sonnets XL - Take all my loves, my love, yea take them all | Take all my loves, my love, yea take them all; | | 14 | 593 |
| 126: The Sonnets XLI - Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits | Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits, | | 14 | 559 |
| 127: The Sonnets XLII - That thou hast her it is not all my grief | That thou hast her it is not all my grief, | | 14 | 570 |
| 128: The Sonnets XLIII - When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see | When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see, | | 14 | 544 |
| 129: The Sonnets XLIV - If the dull substance of my flesh were thought | If the dull substance of my flesh were thought, | | 14 | 564 |
| 130: The Sonnets XLIX - Against that time, if ever that time come | Against that time, if ever that time come, | | 14 | 360 |
| 131: The Sonnets XLV - The other two, slight air, and purging fire | The other two, slight air, and purging fire | | 14 | 559 |
| 132: The Sonnets XLVI - Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war | Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war, | | 14 | 554 |
| 133: The Sonnets XLVII - Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took | Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took, | | 14 | 557 |
| 134: The Sonnets XLVIII - How careful was I when I took my way | How careful was I when I took my way, | | 14 | 326 |
| 135: The Sonnets XV - When I consider every thing that grows | When I consider every thing that grows | | 14 | 633 |
| 136: The Sonnets XVI - But wherefore do not you a mightier way | But wherefore do not you a mightier way | | 14 | 640 |
| 137: The Sonnets XVII - Who will believe my verse in time to come | Who will believe my verse in time to come, | | 14 | 641 |
| 138: The Sonnets XVIII - Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? | Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? | | 14 | 671 |
| 139: The Sonnets XX - A woman’s face with nature’s own hand painted | A woman’s face with nature’s own hand painted, | | 14 | 680 |
| 140: The Sonnets XXI - So is it not with me as with that Muse | So is it not with me as with that Muse, | | 14 | 626 |
| 141: The Sonnets XXII - My glass shall not persuade me I am old | My glass shall not persuade me I am old, | | 14 | 659 |
| 142: The Sonnets XXIII - As an unperfect actor on the stage | As an unperfect actor on the stage, | | 14 | 654 |
| 143: The Sonnets XXIV - Mine eye hath play’d the painter and hath stell’d | Mine eye hath play’d the painter and hath stell’d, | | 14 | 637 |
| 144: The Sonnets XXIX - When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes | When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes | | 14 | 646 |
| 145: The Sonnets XXV - Let those who are in favour with their stars | Let those who are in favour with their stars | | 14 | 794 |
| 146: The Sonnets XXVI - Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage | Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage | | 14 | 614 |
| 147: The Sonnets XXVII - Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed | Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed, | | 14 | 641 |
| 148: The Sonnets XXVIII - How can I then return in happy plight | How can I then return in happy plight, | | 14 | 613 |
| 149: The Sonnets XXX - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought | When to the sessions of sweet silent thought | | 14 | 616 |
| 150: The Sonnets XXXI - Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts | Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts, | | 14 | 615 |
| 151: The Sonnets XXXII - If thou survive my well-contented day | If thou survive my well-contented day | | 14 | 617 |
| 152: The Sonnets XXXIII - Full many a glorious morning have I seen | Full many a glorious morning have I seen | | 14 | 652 |
| 153: The Sonnets XXXIV - Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day | Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, | | 14 | 614 |
| 154: The Sonnets XXXIX - O! how thy worth with manners may I sing | O! how thy worth with manners may I sing, | | 14 | 609 |
| 155: The Sonnets XXXV - No more be griev’d at that which thou hast done | No more be griev’d at that which thou hast done: | | 14 | 616 |
| 156: The Sonnets XXXVI - Let me confess that we two must be twain | Let me confess that we two must be twain, | | 14 | 609 |
| 157: The Sonnets XXXVII - As a decrepit father takes delight | As a decrepit father takes delight | | 14 | 629 |
| 158: The Sonnets XXXVIII - How can my muse want subject to invent | How can my muse want subject to invent, | | 14 | 615 |
| 159: Venus and Adonis | Shakespeare. Even as the sun with purple-colour'd face | 1593 | 1200 | 436 |
