| | Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads |
| 1: | A Lover's Complaint | From off a hill whose concave womb reworded | 1609 | 331 | 759 |
| 2: | The Passionate Pilgrim | When my love swears that she is made of truth, | 1598 | 437 | 688 |
| 3: | The Phoenix and the Turtle | Let the bird of loudest lay, | 1601 | 67 | 750 |
| 4: | The Rape of Lucrece | From the besieged Ardea all in post, | 1594 | 1865 | 629 |
| 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 | 903 |
| 6: | The Sonnets CI - O truant Muse what shall be thy amends | O truant Muse what shall be thy amends | | 14 | 855 |
| 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 | 807 |
| 8: | The Sonnets CIII - Alack! what poverty my Muse brings forth | Alack! what poverty my Muse brings forth, | | 14 | 775 |
| 9: | The Sonnets CIV - To me, fair friend, you never can be old | To me, fair friend, you never can be old, | | 14 | 838 |
| 10: | The Sonnets CIX - O! never say that I was false of heart | O! never say that I was false of heart, | | 14 | 671 |
| 11: | The Sonnets CL - O! from what power hast thou this powerful might | O! from what power hast thou this powerful might, | | 14 | 831 |
| 12: | The Sonnets CLI - Love is too young to know what conscience is | Love is too young to know what conscience is, | | 14 | 868 |
| 13: | The Sonnets CLII - In loving thee thou know’st I am forsworn | In loving thee thou know’st I am forsworn, | | 14 | 782 |
| 14: | The Sonnets CLIII - Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep | Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep: | | 14 | 844 |
| 15: | The Sonnets CLIV - The little Love-god lying once asleep | The little Love-god lying once asleep, | | 14 | 815 |
| 16: | The Sonnets CV - Let not my love be call’d idolatry | Let not my love be call’d idolatry, | | 14 | 783 |
| 17: | The Sonnets CVI - When in the chronicle of wasted time | When in the chronicle of wasted time | | 14 | 784 |
| 18: | The Sonnets CVII - Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul | Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul | | 14 | 829 |
| 19: | The Sonnets CVIII - What’s in the brain, that ink may character | What’s in the brain, that ink may character, | | 14 | 626 |
| 20: | The Sonnets CX - Alas! ’tis true, I have gone here and there | Alas! ’tis true, I have gone here and there, | | 14 | 662 |
| 21: | The Sonnets CXI - O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide | O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide, | | 14 | 617 |
| 22: | The Sonnets CXII - Your love and pity doth the impression fill | Your love and pity doth the impression fill, | | 14 | 648 |
| 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 | 616 |
| 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 | 579 |
| 25: | The Sonnets CXIX - What potions have I drunk of Siren tears | What potions have I drunk of Siren tears, | | 14 | 631 |
| 26: | The Sonnets CXL - Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press | Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press | | 14 | 599 |
| 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 | 667 |
| 28: | The Sonnets CXLII - Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate | Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, | | 14 | 660 |
| 29: | The Sonnets CXLIII - Lo, as a careful housewife runs to catch | Lo, as a careful housewife runs to catch | | 14 | 672 |
| 30: | The Sonnets CXLIV - Two loves I have of comfort and despair | Two loves I have of comfort and despair, | | 14 | 625 |
| 31: | The Sonnets CXLIX - Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not | Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not, | | 14 | 771 |
| 32: | The Sonnets CXLV - Those lips that Love’s own hand did make | Those lips that Love’s own hand did make, | | 14 | 621 |
| 33: | The Sonnets CXLVI - Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth | Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, | | 14 | 610 |
| 34: | The Sonnets CXLVII - My love is as a fever longing still | My love is as a fever longing still, | | 14 | 661 |
| 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 | 807 |
| 36: | The Sonnets CXV - Those lines that I before have writ do lie | Those lines that I before have writ do lie, | | 14 | 601 |
| 37: | The Sonnets CXVI - Let me not to the marriage of true minds | Let me not to the marriage of true minds | | 14 | 656 |
| 38: | The Sonnets CXVII - Accuse me thus: that I have scanted all | Accuse me thus: that I have scanted all, | | 14 | 695 |
| 39: | The Sonnets CXVIII - Like as, to make our appetite more keen | Like as, to make our appetite more keen, | | 14 | 615 |
| 40: | The Sonnets CXX - That you were once unkind befriends me now | That you were once unkind befriends me now, | | 14 | 606 |
| 41: | The Sonnets CXXI - ’Tis better to be vile than vile esteem’d | Tis better to be vile than vile esteem’d, | | 14 | 608 |
| 42: | The Sonnets CXXII - Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain | Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain | | 14 | 654 |
| 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 | 589 |
| 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 | 583 |
| 45: | The Sonnets CXXIX - The expense of spirit in a waste of shame | The expense of spirit in a waste of shame | | 14 | 629 |
| 46: | The Sonnets CXXV - Were’t aught to me I bore the canopy | Were’t aught to me I bore the canopy, | | 14 | 575 |
| 47: | The Sonnets CXXVI - O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power | O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power | | 12 | 637 |
| 48: | The Sonnets CXXVII - In the old age black was not counted fair | In the old age black was not counted fair, | | 14 | 624 |
| 49: | The Sonnets CXXVIII - How oft when thou, my music, music play’st | How oft when thou, my music, music play’st, | | 14 | 624 |
| 50: | The Sonnets CXXX - My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun | My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; | | 14 | 691 |
| 51: | The Sonnets CXXXI - Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art | Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art, | | 14 | 602 |
| 52: | The Sonnets CXXXII - Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me | Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, | | 14 | 586 |
| 53: | The Sonnets CXXXIII - Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan | Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan | | 14 | 566 |
| 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 | 579 |
| 55: | The Sonnets CXXXIX - O! call not me to justify the wrong | O! call not me to justify the wrong | | 14 | 609 |
| 56: | The Sonnets CXXXV - Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy ‘Will,’ | Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy ‘Will,’ | | 14 | 602 |
| 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 | 619 |
| 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 | 593 |
| 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 | 634 |
| 60: | The Sonnets I - From fairest creatures we desire increase | From fairest creatures we desire increase, | | 14 | 634 |
| 61: | The Sonnets II - When forty winters shall besiege thy brow | When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, | | 14 | 611 |
| 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 | 654 |
| 63: | The Sonnets IV - Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend | Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend | | 14 | 604 |
| 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 | 945 |
| 65: | The Sonnets L - How heavy do I journey on the way | How heavy do I journey on the way, | | 14 | 570 |
| 66: | The Sonnets LI - Thus can my love excuse the slow offence | Thus can my love excuse the slow offence | | 14 | 614 |
| 67: | The Sonnets LII - So am I as the rich, whose blessed key | So am I as the rich, whose blessed key, | | 14 | 663 |
| 68: | The Sonnets LIII - What is your substance, whereof are you made | What is your substance, whereof are you made, | | 14 | 625 |
| 69: | The Sonnets LIV - O! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem | O! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem | | 14 | 570 |
| 70: | The Sonnets LIX - If there be nothing new, but that which is | If there be nothing new, but that which is | | 14 | 964 |
| 71: | The Sonnets LV - Not marble, nor the gilded monuments | Not marble, nor the gilded monuments | | 14 | 925 |
| 72: | The Sonnets LVI - Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said | Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said | | 14 | 888 |
| 73: | The Sonnets LVII - Being your slave what should I do but tend | Being your slave what should I do but tend, | | 14 | 929 |
| 74: | The Sonnets LVIII - That god forbid, that made me first your slave | That god forbid, that made me first your slave, | | 14 | 883 |
| 75: | The Sonnets LX - Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore | Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, | | 14 | 934 |
| 76: | The Sonnets LXI - Is it thy will, thy image should keep open | Is it thy will, thy image should keep open | | 14 | 1007 |
| 77: | The Sonnets LXII - Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye | Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye | | 14 | 936 |
| 78: | The Sonnets LXIII - Against my love shall be as I am now | Against my love shall be as I am now, | | 14 | 908 |
| 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 | 887 |
| 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 | 912 |
| 81: | The Sonnets LXV - Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea | Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, | | 14 | 927 |
| 82: | The Sonnets LXVI - Tired with all these, for restful death I cry | Tired with all these, for restful death I cry, | | 14 | 946 |
| 83: | The Sonnets LXVII - Ah! wherefore with infection should he live | Ah! wherefore with infection should he live, | | 14 | 920 |
| 84: | The Sonnets LXVIII - Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn | Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn, | | 14 | 937 |
| 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 | 911 |
| 86: | The Sonnets LXXI - No longer mourn for me when I am dead | No longer mourn for me when I am dead | | 14 | 883 |
| 87: | The Sonnets LXXII - O! lest the world should task you to recite | O! lest the world should task you to recite | | 14 | 934 |
| 88: | The Sonnets LXXIII - That time of year thou mayst in me behold | That time of year thou mayst in me behold | | 14 | 910 |
| 89: | The Sonnets LXXIV - But be contented: when that fell arrest | But be contented: when that fell arrest | | 14 | 968 |
| 90: | The Sonnets LXXIX - Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid | Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid, | | 14 | 939 |
| 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 | 951 |
| 92: | The Sonnets LXXVI - Why is my verse so barren of new pride | Why is my verse so barren of new pride, | | 14 | 860 |
| 93: | The Sonnets LXXVII - Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear | Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear, | | 14 | 882 |
| 94: | The Sonnets LXXVIII - So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse | So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse, | | 14 | 878 |
| 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 | 869 |
| 96: | The Sonnets LXXXI - Or I shall live your epitaph to make | Or I shall live your epitaph to make, | | 14 | 904 |
| 97: | The Sonnets LXXXII - I grant thou wert not married to my Muse | I grant thou wert not married to my Muse, | | 14 | 912 |
| 98: | The Sonnets LXXXIII - I never saw that you did painting need | I never saw that you did painting need, | | 14 | 903 |
| 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 | 872 |
| 100: | The Sonnets LXXXIX - Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault | Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault, | | 14 | 845 |
| 101: | The Sonnets LXXXV - My tongue-tied Muse in manners holds her still | My tongue-tied Muse in manners holds her still, | | 14 | 903 |
| 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 | 914 |
| 103: | The Sonnets LXXXVII - Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing | Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, | | 14 | 873 |
| 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 | 855 |
| 105: | The Sonnets V - Those hours, that with gentle work did frame | Those hours, that with gentle work did frame | | 14 | 635 |
| 106: | The Sonnets VI - Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface | Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface, | | 14 | 603 |
| 107: | The Sonnets VII - Lo! in the orient when the gracious light | Lo! in the orient when the gracious light | | 14 | 632 |
| 108: | The Sonnets VIII - Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly? | Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly? | | 14 | 933 |
| 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 | 948 |
| 110: | The Sonnets XC - Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now | Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; | | 14 | 834 |
| 111: | The Sonnets XCI - Some glory in their birth, some in their skill | Some glory in their birth, some in their skill, | | 14 | 790 |
| 112: | The Sonnets XCII - But do thy worst to steal thyself away | But do thy worst to steal thyself away, | | 14 | 777 |
| 113: | The Sonnets XCIII - So shall I live, supposing thou art true | So shall I live, supposing thou art true, | | 14 | 802 |
| 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 | 788 |
| 115: | The Sonnets XCIX - The forward violet thus did I chide | The forward violet thus did I chide: | | 15 | 795 |
| 116: | The Sonnets XCV - How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame | How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame | | 14 | 764 |
| 117: | The Sonnets XCVI - Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness | Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness; | | 14 | 844 |
| 118: | The Sonnets XCVII - How like a winter hath my absence been | How like a winter hath my absence been | | 14 | 790 |
| 119: | The Sonnets XCVIII - From you have I been absent in the spring | From you have I been absent in the spring, | | 14 | 790 |
| 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 | 930 |
| 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 | 880 |
| 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 | 838 |
| 123: | The Sonnets XIV - Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck | Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck; | | 14 | 856 |
| 124: | The Sonnets XIX - Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws | Devouring time, blunt thou the lion’s paws, | | 14 | 879 |
| 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 | 845 |
| 126: | The Sonnets XLI - Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits | Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits, | | 14 | 767 |
| 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 | 819 |
| 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 | 732 |
| 129: | The Sonnets XLIV - If the dull substance of my flesh were thought | If the dull substance of my flesh were thought, | | 14 | 810 |
| 130: | The Sonnets XLIX - Against that time, if ever that time come | Against that time, if ever that time come, | | 14 | 541 |
| 131: | The Sonnets XLV - The other two, slight air, and purging fire | The other two, slight air, and purging fire | | 14 | 765 |
| 132: | The Sonnets XLVI - Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war | Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war, | | 14 | 784 |
| 133: | The Sonnets XLVII - Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took | Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took, | | 14 | 790 |
| 134: | The Sonnets XLVIII - How careful was I when I took my way | How careful was I when I took my way, | | 14 | 550 |
| 135: | The Sonnets XV - When I consider every thing that grows | When I consider every thing that grows | | 14 | 844 |
| 136: | The Sonnets XVI - But wherefore do not you a mightier way | But wherefore do not you a mightier way | | 14 | 851 |
| 137: | The Sonnets XVII - Who will believe my verse in time to come | Who will believe my verse in time to come, | | 14 | 903 |
| 138: | The Sonnets XVIII - Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? | Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? | | 14 | 941 |
| 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 | 967 |
| 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 | 872 |
| 141: | The Sonnets XXII - My glass shall not persuade me I am old | My glass shall not persuade me I am old, | | 14 | 968 |
| 142: | The Sonnets XXIII - As an unperfect actor on the stage | As an unperfect actor on the stage, | | 14 | 892 |
| 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 | 826 |
| 144: | The Sonnets XXIX - When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes | When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes | | 14 | 857 |
| 145: | The Sonnets XXV - Let those who are in favour with their stars | Let those who are in favour with their stars | | 14 | 1041 |
| 146: | The Sonnets XXVI - Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage | Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage | | 14 | 841 |
| 147: | The Sonnets XXVII - Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed | Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed, | | 14 | 836 |
| 148: | The Sonnets XXVIII - How can I then return in happy plight | How can I then return in happy plight, | | 14 | 848 |
| 149: | The Sonnets XXX - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought | When to the sessions of sweet silent thought | | 14 | 829 |
| 150: | The Sonnets XXXI - Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts | Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts, | | 14 | 887 |
| 151: | The Sonnets XXXII - If thou survive my well-contented day | If thou survive my well-contented day | | 14 | 868 |
| 152: | The Sonnets XXXIII - Full many a glorious morning have I seen | Full many a glorious morning have I seen | | 14 | 854 |
| 153: | The Sonnets XXXIV - Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day | Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, | | 14 | 832 |
| 154: | The Sonnets XXXIX - O! how thy worth with manners may I sing | O! how thy worth with manners may I sing, | | 14 | 854 |
| 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 | 816 |
| 156: | The Sonnets XXXVI - Let me confess that we two must be twain | Let me confess that we two must be twain, | | 14 | 866 |
| 157: | The Sonnets XXXVII - As a decrepit father takes delight | As a decrepit father takes delight | | 14 | 837 |
| 158: | The Sonnets XXXVIII - How can my muse want subject to invent | How can my muse want subject to invent, | | 14 | 836 |
| 159: | Venus and Adonis | Shakespeare. Even as the sun with purple-colour'd face | 1593 | 1200 | 721 |
