In a few cases the editor has departed from Craig's text, preferring the reading of the first quarto or some generally accepted emendation. Minor changes of spelling and punctuation are not recorded, but all other variations from Craig's text are given below, where Craig's readings are printed after the colon.
10. 1. For shame deny Q: For shame! deny
16. 10. Which this Time's pencil,: Which this, Time's pencil,
16. 13. yourself, Q: yourself
26. 14. Till then, Q: Till then
31. 1. hearts: hearts, Q
59. 11. Whether Q: Whe'r
66. 14. Save that to die Q: Save that, to die
75. 9. Sometime all Q: Sometime, all
84. 1. most, Q: most?
84. 2. you, Q: you?
84. 4. grew?: grew.
84. 8. story.: story,
85. 3. Reserve Q: Deserve
88. 5. weakness being Q: weakness, being
110. 9. have Q: save
114. 3. say Q: say,
141. 6. feeling Q: feeling,
APPENDIX E
Suggestions for Collateral Reading
Raymond M. Alden: The Sonnets of Shakespeare. From the Quarto of 1609 with variorum readings and commentary. Philadelphia, 1914. (Indispensable for a study of the sonnets.)
The following editions have valuable introductions and notes:
Edward Dowden: Sonnets of William Shakespeare. London, 1881.
