Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 153 and 154
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Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 153 and 154
Date Created
1968
Subject
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Sonnets; Sonnets, English -- History and criticism
Description
The following transcription of Demorest's annotations was selected and transcribed by Casper College student and Archives staff member Grace MacPherson in February of 2024.
SONNET 153
In myth of Venus + Adonis, Venus is wounded by one of arrows of her son Cupid and falls in love with Adonis. Then she roams disguised as Diana. Wild boar wounds him
John Clerk Bish. of Bath + Wells was among defenders of Cath. of Arag.
S. trying to leave country–can’t
153–needs cure for illness
154–love not extinguished
Bath–subversive action?
Dian = Bath goddess
SONNET 154
Essex dead ’04
Letter from Essex to Eliz. protesting her intentional destruction of him in Ireland
This is the summary: the true “conclusion”
Blood Bath? Southwell poem–Burning Babe “So will I melt into a bath to wash them in my blood.” [This is a line from the poem “The Burning Babe” by Robert Southwell; the speaker is the infant Christ.]
If the brand is his birth–perhaps he really is the secret son–bro to Essex and Bacon? [Essex and Bacon were not brothers, though they were acquainted through Elizabeth’s court.]
Cupid–like Stubbes–loses the hand that love held
But–one hand gone–he still loves her
SONNET 153
In myth of Venus + Adonis, Venus is wounded by one of arrows of her son Cupid and falls in love with Adonis. Then she roams disguised as Diana. Wild boar wounds him
John Clerk Bish. of Bath + Wells was among defenders of Cath. of Arag.
S. trying to leave country–can’t
153–needs cure for illness
154–love not extinguished
Bath–subversive action?
Dian = Bath goddess
SONNET 154
Essex dead ’04
Letter from Essex to Eliz. protesting her intentional destruction of him in Ireland
This is the summary: the true “conclusion”
Blood Bath? Southwell poem–Burning Babe “So will I melt into a bath to wash them in my blood.” [This is a line from the poem “The Burning Babe” by Robert Southwell; the speaker is the infant Christ.]
If the brand is his birth–perhaps he really is the secret son–bro to Essex and Bacon? [Essex and Bacon were not brothers, though they were acquainted through Elizabeth’s court.]
Cupid–like Stubbes–loses the hand that love held
But–one hand gone–he still loves her
Type
Text
Creator
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William
Language
ENG, LAT
Is Part Of
Margaret Demorest Papers, CCA 10.2011.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
CCA 10.2011.01_Demorest_Sonnets_153_154
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 153 and 154,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed August 18, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9655.