The most concentrated beauty of Shakespeare's unbounded creative genius is found in his sonnets. Written as personal messages to friends and not intended for publication, they reveal the inner Shakespeare more truly than do any of his great plays. (Volume 40, Harvard Classics)
Sonnets entered in the London Stationers' Register, May 20, 1609.
Introductory Note: Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Inferno XXV-XXVII), by Dante Alighieri
Introductory Note: Edward Jenner
An Inquiry Into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, Or Cow-Pox, by Edward Jenner
Introductory Note: Robert Burns
The Two Dogs, by Robert Burns
Introductory Note: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Poems, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Introductory Note: John Webster
The Duchess of Malfi (Act IV), by John Webster
Introductory Note: Sir Walter Raleigh
The Discovery of Guiana, by Sir Walter Raleigh
Introductory Note: J. C. Friedrich von Schiller
Letters upon the Æsthetic Education of Man (Letters 1-7), by J. C. Friedrich von Schiller
Introductory Note: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The School for Scandal (Act IV, Scene III), by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Introductory Note: Robert Browning
Poems, by Robert Browning
Introductory Note: Benvenuto Cellini
Autobiography (Vol. 2, Ch. 73-79), by Benvenuto Cellini
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