该莎士比亚诗集囊括了莎士比亚创作的154首十四行诗，涉及主题包括爱情、回忆、死亡与时间带来的毁灭等等，其中还包括一首《爱人的怨诉》，与十四行诗一起出版，在这首诗中，讲述了一位年轻的女子哀怨她的爱情遭到了背叛。

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon to John Shakespeare, an alderman andglove-maker, and Mary Arden, the daughter of a land-owner. He married Anne Hathaway at the age ofeighteen, and six months later Anne gave birth to adaughter Susannah and later to twins Hamnet andJudith, though Hamnet died at the age of just 11. Shake-speare had a successful career in London and was ahugely prolific writer with 39 plays and 154 sonnets attributed to him. He retired at the age of 49, moving back to Stratford-upon-Avon, and died aged 52.

The Chronology of Shakespeare's Works
Introduction
Further Reading
THE SONNETS
A LOVER'S COMPLAINT
Index of Sonnet First Lines