Project Gutenberg 2008-11-07 Public domain in the USA. 302 Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 Shakspeare, William Shakspere, William Guizot, François 1787 1874 Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, M. (François) Guisot, M. (François) Guizot, Monsieur (François) Guizot, François Sonnets. Volume 8 Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Sonnets. Volume 8" by William Shakespeare is a collection of poetry written in the late 16th century. This volume consists primarily of sonnets that explore themes of beauty, love, time, and the enduring legacy of art. The poems reflect on the nature of love and the passage of time, inviting readers to contemplate the interplay between human emotions and the relentless march of age. The opening of this volume introduces the reader to a series of sonnets that address a beloved figure, urging them to reflect on their own beauty and the inevitable decline that comes with age. The speaker expresses a sense of urgency, encouraging the beloved to reproduce and leave a legacy, while also contemplating the fleeting nature of beauty. Through vivid imagery and poignant metaphors, the speaker articulates a deep admiration and concern, revealing the complexities of love intertwined with the awareness of mortality. These initial poems set the stage for a rich exploration of love's transcendence and the poet's desire to immortalize beauty through verse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Love poetry Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets English poetry -- Translations into French Sonnets, English -- Translations into French PR Text FR Poésie Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Category: Poetry Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 152160 2025-06-11T08:38:07.200882 text/html 144160 2008-11-07T14:44:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 55623 2008-11-07T14:44:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 135873 2025-06-11T08:38:13.835821 application/epub+zip 135379 2025-06-11T08:38:10.437832 application/epub+zip 116984 2025-06-11T08:38:09.034846 application/epub+zip 314670 2025-06-11T08:38:16.849818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260709 2025-06-11T08:38:12.991853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236160 2022-09-12T13:13:37.565306 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142378 2025-06-11T08:38:06.814875 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139341 2008-11-07T14:44:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 54152 2008-11-07T14:44:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20834 2025-06-11T08:38:17.371792 application/rdf+xml 14878 2025-06-11T08:38:09.587847 image/jpeg 3628 2025-06-11T08:38:09.306873 image/jpeg 132726 2025-06-11T08:38:07.216868 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia