This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at USFCA chapter.
With Valentines Day quickly approaching, we can wrap ourselves up in the warm comforts of literature and take a look at how playwrite William Shakespeare poured out his love for the world into his pages. Spanning from Sonnets, to his plays, Shakespeare crafted beautiful professions of love that are still quoted today! Go forth, readeth these quotes and feel the love!
10. Romeo and Juilet – Act 1, Scene 1
“Love is a smoke and is made with the fume of sighs.”
9. Sonnet 147:
“My love is as a fever, longing still.”
8. King Lear – Act 1, Scene 1
“I love you more than words can wield the matter, Dearer than eyesight, space and liberty.”
7. Anotony & Cleopatra – Act 3, Scene 5
“Her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure love.”
6. As You Like It – Act 3, Scene 5
“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?”
5. The Tempest – Act 3, Scene 1
“I would not wish any companion in the world but you.”
4. Twelfth Night – Act 1, Scene 1
“If music be the food of love, play on.”
3. Sonnet 81:
Your monument shall be my gentle verse,
Which eyes not yet created shall rehearse
When all the breathers of this world are dead.
You still shall live–such virtue hath my pen–
When breath most breathes, even in the mouths of men.
2. Hamlet: Act 2, Scene 2
Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.
And Finally, the whole Sonnet is too beautiful to simply take a part out!