Shakespeare's Sonnets Navigator | Summary of Sonnet 117 in the Table of Contents | Notes for Sonnet 117 |
1 Accuse me thus: that I have scanted all 2 Wherein I should your great deserts repay, 3 Forgot upon your dearest love to call, 4 Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day; 5 That I have frequent been with unknown minds, 6 And given to time your own dear-purchased right; 7 That I have hoisted sail to all the winds 8 Which should transport me farthest from your sight. 9 Book both my willfulness and errors down, 10 And on just proof surmise accumulate; 11 Bring me within the level of your frown, 12 But shoot not at me in your wakened hate: 13 Since my appeal says I did strive to prove 14 The constancy and virtue of your love. |
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