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But do thy worst to steal thyself away,
For term of life thou art assured mine;
And life no longer than thy love will stay,
For it depends upon that love of thine.
Then need I not to fear the worst of wrongs,
When in the least of them my life hath end.
I see a better state to me belongs
Than that which on thy humour doth depend:
Thou canst not vex me with inconstant mind,
Since that my life on thy revolt doth lie.
O! what a happy title do I find,
Happy to have thy love, happy to die!
But what's so blessed-fair that fears no blot?
Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 92 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet XCII", 1863-6 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Nikolay Vasilyevich Gerbel (1827 - 1883) , no title ; composed by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 92, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 120
Ma pure se farai del tuo peggio, per sfuggire, tu mi appartieni per l’intera mia vita che non durerà più a lungo del tuo amore perché quella a questo è totalmente legata. Perciò non ho da temere da te torto peggiore, se il più piccolo basta a togliermi la vita, e vedo che mi appartiene una sorte migliore di quella che a ogni tuo capriccio è legata. Non puoi tormentarmi, infatti, con mutamenti di umore perché, per questo mutare, sepolta sarebbe la mia vita. Oh! Che doppio titolo alla felicità mi è dato possedere, felice del tuo amore, felice di morire! Ma tutto ciò che è bello e benedetto può essere macchiato, Tu potresti tradirmi, e io averlo ignorato.
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Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 92
This text was added to the website: 2025-07-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 119