Sonnet 109: O, never say that I was false of heart
William Shakespeare 1564 (Stratford-upon-Avon) – 1616 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
O, never say that I was false of heart,
Though absence seemed my flame to qualify.
As easy might I from my self depart
As from my soul which in thy breast doth lie.
That is my home of love; if I have ranged,
Like him that travels I return again,
Just to the time, not with the time exchanged,
So that myself bring water for my stain.
Never believe though in my nature reigned
All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood,
That it could so preposterously be stained
To leave for nothing all thy sum of good;
For nothing this wide universe I call
Save thou, my rose, in it thou art my all.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Scheme | ABABCDCEFGFHII |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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