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Notes
5] either's] ethers Q.
10] heav'n] heauen Q.
11] swart-complexion'd] black-faced.
12] twire] peep, twinkle (first used by Shakespeare here, and of obscure etymology). guil'st] frequently emended to "gild" ("makes golden"), but the beloved might indeed, by his brightness, beguile or deceive the nighttime heavens when the sky is overcast (and no stars twinkle). Shakespeare's expression is unusual but not necessarily erroneous.
13] Lines 13-14 are both extrametrical.
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Original text: SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS (London: G. Eld for T. T. and sold by William Aspley, 1609): c2v.
First publication date:
1609
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: 2008
Recent editing: 1:2008/8/22
Form: sonnet
Rhyme: ababcdcdefefgg