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Poetry by William Shakespeare

  • The Passionate PilgrimWilliam Jaggard printed the first edition of The Passionate Pilgrim in 1598 or possibly 1599. No record exists in the Stationers' Register to fix the exact…
  • A Lover's ComplaintThomas Thorpe printed the 1609 quarto of Shakespeare's Sonnets, placing A Lover's Complaint at its end. This volume appeared in London during a year when…
  • The Phoenix and the TurtleThe year 1601 marked the first appearance of a short poem by William Shakespeare within a larger collection titled Love's Martyr.
  • Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)The year 1593 brought a quiet desperation to London. The city streets emptied as the bubonic plague swept through the capital, forcing all public theaters to…