Sonnet 1 and Sonnet 116 Transcriptions

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1

fr@m fE:rIst cre:t@Rs we: dIs@IRe incre:ase,

th@t thE:Reb@I beaut@Iz ro:se m@Ight neveR d@I,

b@t as the r@IpeR should b@I t@Ime dIce:ase,

Iz tendeR E:R m@Ight bE:R Iz memor@I :

b@t th@U, contracted to thIn o:wn br@Ight @Iz,

fe:ds th@I l@Ights flE:me with self substænsial fuel,

mE:kin a famine hwE:re abGndance l@Is,

th@Iself thI fo:e, t@ th@I swe:t self too cruel :

th@U th@t aRt n@Uw the wARlds fresh oRnament,

@nd o:nl@I herald t@ the gaud@I spring,

within thIn o:wn bGd buRiIst th@I content,

and, tendeR ch6Rl, mE:kes wast in niggaRding :

pit@I the wARld, @r else this glGtton be:,

to e:at the wARlds due, b@I the grE:ve @n the:.

 

 

116

let me: not to the marrIAge of true m@Inds

admit impediments, lGve is not lGve

hwich AlteRs hwen it AlteRE:sIon f@Inds,

oR bends with the remGveR t@ rImGve.

o: no:, it is an eveR fixId maRk

th@t looks on tempIsts and is neveR shE:ken;

it is the staR to evr@I wAndrin baRk,

whose w6Rths Gnkno:wn, Altho: Iz h@Ith bI tE:ken.

lGves not t@Imes fUl, tho: ro:s@I lips @n che:ks

within Iz bendin sickles cGmpass cGme,

lGve AlteRs not with his bre:f o:Rs @n we:ks,

b@t bE:Rs it @Ut e:n to the edge of dGm:

if this be erroR @nd upon me: prGved,

@I neveR writ, noR no: man eveR lGved.

 

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