SHAKSPEARE'S SONNETS.

AMS PRESS

NEW YORK

SHAKSPEARE'S SONNETS

P.166

NEVER BEFORE INTERPRETED :

HIS PRIVATE FRIENDS IDENTIFIED:

TOGETHER WITH

A Recovered Likeness of Himself.

BY

GERALD MASSEY.

'With THIS key Shakspeare unlocked his heart.'

LONDON:

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1866.

The right of translation is reserved.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Massey, Gerald, 1828-1907.

Shakspeare's sonnets never before interpreted.

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets.
2. Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, 3d earl of, 1573-
1624. 3. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Friends and
associates. I. Title.

PR2848.M3 1973

ISBN 0-404-04238-4

821'.3

78-172855

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2848

M3
1973

Reprinted from the edition of 1866, London
First AMS edition published in 1973

Manufactured in the United States of America

AMS PRESS INC.

NEW YORK, N. Y. 10003