Prescanned Shakespeare.com
presented by Acoustic Learning


Sonnet 144

            ,         ,        ,        ,        ,
      Two loves | I have | of com|fort and | despair,
              ,          ,       ,       ,          ,
      Which like | two spir|its do | suggest | me still,
           ,       ,              ,    ,     ,
      The bet|ter ang|el is a // man right fair:
           ,         x        ,      ,        ,
      The wors|er spirit | a wom|an col|ored ill.
          ,         ,         ,        ,        x
      To win | me soon | to hell | my fe|male evil,
        ,            ,       ,       ,         ,
      Tempteth | my bet|ter ang|el from | my side,
            ,         ,          ,         ,       x
      And would | corrupt | my saint | to be | a devil,
       ,            ,    ,                ,    ,
      Wooing | his pur|ity | with her / foul pride.
            ,        ,        ,             ,     ,
      And wheth|er that | my ang|el be / turned fiend,
          ,        ,         ,       ,        ,
      Suspect | I may,| yet not | direct|ly tell;
           ,       ,          ,         ,           ,
      But be|ing both | from me,| both^to | each^friend,
          ,      ,   ,            ,          ,
      I guess | one an/gel in | anoth|er's hell.
            ,          ,           ,          ,         ,
      Yet this | shall I | nere* know | but live | in doubt,
            ,        ,       ,         ,         ,
      Till my | bad^ang|el fire | my good | one out.

← Previous | Next →


Home