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Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul
Of the wide world dreaming on things to come,
Can yet the lease of my true love control,
Supposed as forfeit to a confin'd doom.
The mortal moon hath her eclipse endur'd,
And the sad augurs mock their own presage;
Incertainties now crown themselves assur'd,
And peace proclaims olives of endless age.
Now with the drops of this most balmy time,
My love looks fresh, and Death to me subscribes,
Since, spite of him, I'll live in this poor rhyme,
While he insults o'er dull and speechless tribes:
And thou in this shalt find thy monument,
When tyrants' crests and tombs of brass are spent.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 107 [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 CVII", 1865-6 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 107, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-08-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 113
Né i miei segreti timori, né l’anima profetica del vasto mondo che sogna di ogni cosa a venire potranno prevedere la fine del mio contratto d’amore che pensavo concluso per un tempo limitato. Ma la luna mortale l’ eclissi ha superato e i tristi àuguri ridono dei loro stessi presagi; ogni fatto incerto si è di certezza coronato, e la pace accompagna gli ulivi più longevi. Ora, con le gocce di questo tempo più mite, Si rinfresca il mio amore, e la Morte non si oppone, Poiché, a suo dispetto, vivrò in queste povere rime, Mentre lei colpirà su masse ottuse e senza voce: E tu troverai il tuo monumento in questi versi, Quando stemmi di tiranni e sepolcri di bronzo saranno dispersi.
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- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 107
This text was added to the website: 2025-07-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 123
