Sonnet · Death & Loss
Sonnet 66: Tired with all these, for restful death I cry
1Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,
2As to behold desert a beggar born,
3And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity,
4And purest faith unhappily forsworn,
5And gilded honour shamefully misplac'd,
6And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,
7And right perfection wrongfully disgrac'd,
8And strength by limping sway disabled
9And art made tongue-tied by authority,
10And folly — doctor-like — controlling skill,
11And simple truth miscall'd simplicity,
12And captive good attending captain ill:
13 Tir'd with all these, from these would I be gone,
14 Save that, to die, I leave my love alone.
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- Poem
- Sonnet 66: Tired with all these, for restful death I cry
- Poet
- William Shakespeare
- Length
- 14 lines
- Form
- Sonnet
- Themes
- Death & Loss, Love
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- 14 lines · one 14-line stanza
- Line length
- Mostly 10-syllable lines (pentameter length).
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- Author record
- William Shakespeare1564–1616
- Source record
- PoetryDBSonnet 66: Tired with all these, for restful death I cry by william-shakespeare, PoetryDB transcription
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- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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