Return to Shakespeare's Sonnet 57 |
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tend: wait.
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require: demand.
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chide: complain about.
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my sovereign: i.e., my ruler; my master.
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Nor think: i.e., nor dare to think. This the beginning of the second part of a compound sentence that begins with "Nor dare to chide."
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servant: (1) slave; (2) lover.
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suppose: conjecture; guess.
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nought: nothing.
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save: except. those: i.e., those who are in your company. The sentence begins with a remark about "my jealous thought," so it is probably implied that the "those" might be other lovers.
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true: constant. will: pleasure.