Notes
1] sinful earth: i.e., body.
2] The Quarto reading of this line, "My sinfull earth these rebell powres that thee array," is evidently corrupt, the compositor probably being responsible for the repetition of "My sinfull earth." The original is irrecoverable. Conjectural readings include "Thrall to" (by analogy with Lucrece, 722-28), "Fool'd by," "Lord of," "Press'd by," "Why feed'st." The meaning of the phrase is: the rebellious bodily passions that are the garment of the soul.
8] thy charge: i.e., the body.
9] loss: i.e., privation.
10] aggravate: increase.
11] terms divine: long periods of divine salvation.
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Original text: William Shakespeare, Shake-speares sonnets (London: G. Eld for T. T., 1609). STC 22353. Facs. edn.: London: J. Cape, 1925. PR 2750 B48 1609b ROBA.
First publication date:
1609
RPO poem editor: F. D. Hoeniger
RP edition: 3RP 1.144.
Recent editing: 2:2002/3/28
Form: sonnet
Rhyme: ababcdcdefefgg