Sonnet 110: Alas, ‘Tis True, I Have Gone Here and There
Sonnet 110: Alas, ‘Tis True, I Have Gone Here and There - meaning Summary
Repentance and Renewed Devotion
The speaker confesses past inconstancy and self-mockery for seeking novelty and treating love carelessly. He admits having misjudged truth and committed fresh wrongs in new affections, yet those errors renewed his heart and proved the beloved’s constancy. Now he renounces further experiments in love, pledges lifelong fidelity, and asks for welcome back into the beloved’s embrace, portraying that loved person as his god and heavenly refuge.
Read Complete AnalysesAlas, ’tis true, I have gone here and there, And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear, Made old offences of affections new. Most true it is that I have looked on truth Askance and strangely. But, by all above, These blenches gave my heart another youth, And worse essays proved thee my best of love. Now all is done, have what shall have no end, Mine appetite I never more will grind On newer proof, to try an older friend, A god in love, to whom I am confined. Then give me welcome, next my heaven the best, Even to thy pure and most most loving breast.
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