Shakespeares Sonette: Sonnet 71

“Shakespeares Sonette“ by Robert Wilson and Rufus Wainwright at the Berliner Ensemble, 2009 SONNET 71 No longer mourn for me when I am dead Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell: Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe. O, if, I say, you look upon this verse When I perhaps compounded