Short Poems William Shakespeare
A good heart is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes.
William ShakespeareIn peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
Full Fathom Five
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them,--ding-dong, bell.
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!
William HazlittIf you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.
William ShakespeareCome unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Courtsied when you have, and kiss'd The wild waves whist.
William ShakespeareBut, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
William ShakespeareThat man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man,If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
William ShakespeareSonnet CXLI
In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,
For they in thee a thousand errors note;
But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise,
Who in despite of view is pleased to dote;
Fairy Land iv
WHERE the bee sucks, there suck I:
In a cowslip's bell I lie;
There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat's back I do fly
After summer merrily:
Merrily, merrily, shall I live now,
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Take, O take those Lips away
TAKE, O take those lips away,
That so sweetly were forsworn;
And those eyes, the break of day,
Lights that do mislead the morn!
But my kisses bring again,
Bring again;
Seals of love, but seal'd in vain,
Seal'd in vain!
Light Hearted William
Light hearted William twirled
his November moustaches
and, half dressed, looked
from the bedroom window
upon the spring weather.
Heigh-ya! sighed he gaily
leaning out to see
up and down the street
where a heavy sunlight
lay beyond some blue shadows.
Into the room he drew
his head again and laughed
to himself quietly
twirling his green moustaches.
How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness everywhere!
William ShakespeareWhat's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
William ShakespeareWhen he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun.
William ShakespeareAge cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies.
William ShakespeareMine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my life is done.
William ShakespeareAll the world's a stage, and the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.
William ShakespeareAnd this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
William ShakespeareLove looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare