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Sonnet 109. We can sense here a confidence and independence in the tone -- a tone found only in a few of the Sonnets. The poet reveals that his feelings toward his friend have cooled during his time away from London, likely during a tour with his acting company, the Chamberlain's Men (around 1594). His confession that in his nature "reign'd/All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood" (9-10), illustrates that his passions have no doubt been aroused by other acquaintances. This becomes even…

“No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy..." ― William Shakespeare

Shakespeare- before you die, Live

That’s by Henry van Dyke, an American author born in 1852. So to call it Shakespeare is off by almost 300 years and a continent.