https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/9e695f7d583421d9b8da09eccc0e0a50.pdf c10131b67c829c572eb953e546d745a1 PDF Text Text :v< wire’t au^t to me I bore the canopy, With my ^^ern the outward honouring dr laid great bases for eternity, Whichfjirove\more short than wa<te or ruining hiave l not seen dwellers on topna and jayoyr Se all, and moterhy paying too much r^, compount^lweet^going simple savo^ Pitiful thrivers, in their gazing spent?^ No, let me be ob^e^iouUiUhy, n^Tak^t^vTy obiatig^poor but ffice. ichiT with nds, knows no mutu^fender,_ ine for ^§6. ^g^Gborn^d informer! Ajrue soul most ijnpeach’d^^t^dsIeasUh SONNET 125. z Were’t aught to me would it be of any advantage to me if. bore the canopy Canopies were held over kings and nobles on cere monial occasions. Various specific events at which Shakespeare might have held up a canopy have been suggested, none very convincingly. 2 With my . . . honouring by my external actions hoilouring external qualities. Or laid . . . or ruining or created the bases for eternal fame (the poems he has written) which proves to be briefer than time devoted to waste and extravagance, proves q; malone, k: “prove/’ 5 dwellers . . . favour those who overvalue mere outward appearance ^ith a pun on the sense of “tenants”). 6 Lose all .. . much rent lose their patron’s love by paying excessive tribute to his external features. 7 For compound . . . savour for the compounded sweets (of high position and external beauty) give up the simple taste (of experiencing true love). Pitiful thrivers . . . gazing spent those who thrive poorly because they give up all for the sake of merely gazing at the one they love —like courtiers looking upon a king for preferment and receiving nothing. 9 let me . . . thy heart let my true duty be felt in your heart (rather than displayed in outward show). zo oblfitton offering, free freely given, zz mix’d with seconds adulterated with baser matter, knows no art is without artifice. 12 mutual , . . for thee exchange of my true self for your true self, z^ suborn’d informer false witness. If there was an actual informer against the poet, he has not been identified. 14 im/feach'd a<> cused. I g “Jltn I*";. y,\ ^elve lines in rhymed coifpl^s provide an*^^^oy ^he sonnets written by the poet to his friend. The remaining sonnets .jt^ 5^ addressed to his mistress. z-a in thy power . . . sickle, hour Youth aspects of time in his power; the mirror in which man sees his \K beauty fade, the sickle and the hourglass, Who hast . . . self grow'st . iV' (paradoxically) gro^n in beauty with time’s passage and thus by ' J J contrast revealed the aging of your friends. 5 wrack ruin, decay. 6 still y always. 8 disgrace render ignominious. 9 fear distrust, minion darling. forever, zz-za Her audit . . . render thee Nature must eventu ally render her account to Time, and she can only make her settlement by surrendering you. ! V wa/x O’ f/o thAu..TOylqve . .>&¥■ who in th Dost h61d Tiijie’s Mtle glass, his sickle. Who hast by Waning grown, and therein show s ~ self grow's^y If Nature (sovereignTmist^sv^ver wrack),< As thou goest onyfardsTstil 1 ftluck thee bac , She keeps thee to .this purpos May time disgracei^ and wr^he^VninuU! Yet fear her, O thoi\^mjnroB^f he'^leasurel^ She may detain, but^n'ot stiH kee _ 'TKit^^though d^lay:iansweVd_raust_^; \ And her quietuys to^md^Xhee Cik vA 127 >> X.. c � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Margaret Demorest Annotations on Shakespeare's Sonnets Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a> </div> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1968 Description An account of the resource Scans of a copy of Shakespeare's sonnets containing former Casper College English instructor Margaret Demorest's annotations. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Margaret Demorest, William Shakespeare Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Margaret Demorest Papers, CCA 10.2011.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA 10.2011.01_Demorest_Sonnets Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 125 and 126 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a> </div> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1968 Subject The topic of the resource Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Sonnets; Sonnets, English -- History and criticism Description An account of the resource The following transcription of Demorest's annotations was selected and transcribed by Casper College student and Archives staff member Grace MacPherson in January of 2024. SONNET 125 Essex on one side + Leic. on other at Tilbury 1600–E. considers trial[?] of Essex. Cecil advises Es. on letter in which he prays that the cup might pass from him. 1576–1st playhouse (Burbage) Christ images here may preshadow Essex + Christopher Blount Bradley interprets this [sonnet] as repudiating early position of loving for reasons of eternal beauty. Could this be linked to S’s part in rebellion: Rich. II performance recognized by E.? Line 1 Bore the canopy: Essex carried canopy at celeb. of defeat of Armada and also at funeral of Eliz–impossible! [Essex died two years before Elizabeth’s death in 1603.] Essex commanded part of fleet against Armada. Line 10-12: relig, again Donne poem Line 12 Only me for thee: like Christ Line 13 Suborn’d informer: Judas Iscariot SONNET 126 ’86–1st quarrel Es + E, – runaway + [illegible] by Carey ’26–Perhaps written early when Essex alive? ’25–after trial realized Love’s not Time’s Fool [Sonnet 116, Line 9] – but men are subject to Time Nature in Sp. + in wh[?] prec. Ph. + Turtle unit Line 1 Lovely boy: Eliz? Essex? Thy power: England? Line 4: = England Line 12: Render: Rendering now follows in 2nd section–Dark lady Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William Language A language of the resource ENG, LAT Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Margaret Demorest Papers, CCA 10.2011.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA 10.2011.01_Demorest_Sonnets_125_126 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF