sonnet — 1557 (in title of Surrey s poems), from Fr. sonnet (1540s) or directly from It. sonetto, lit. little song, from O.Prov. sonet song, dim. of son song, sound, from L. sonus sound (see SOUND (Cf. sound) (n.1)). Originally in English also any short… … Etymology dictionary
Sonnet 17 — sonnet|17 Who will believe my verse in time to come, If it were fill d with your most high deserts? Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb Which hides your life, and shows not half your parts. If I could write the beauty of your eyes, And in … Wikipedia
Sonnet 102 — Sonnet|102 My love is strengthened, though more weak in seeming; I love not less, though less the show appear; That love is merchandized, whose rich esteeming, The owner s tongue doth publish every where. Our love was new, and then but in the… … Wikipedia
Sonnet 8 — sonnet|8 Music to hear, why hear st thou music sadly? Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy: Why lov st thou that which thou receiv st not gladly, Or else receiv st with pleasure thine annoy? If the true concord of well tuned sounds, By … Wikipedia
Sonnet — Son net, n. [F., fr. It. sonetto, fr. suono a sound, a song, fr. L. sonus a sound. See {Sound} noise.] 1. A short poem, usually amatory. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] He had a wonderful desire to chant a sonnet or hymn unto Apollo Pythius. Holland … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sonnet — [sän′it] n. [Fr < It sonnetto < Prov sonet, dim. of son, a sound, song < L sonus, a SOUND1] a poem normally of fourteen lines in any of several fixed verse and rhyme schemes, typically in rhymed iambic pentameter: sonnets… … English World dictionary
Song — (s[o^]ng; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to sing; akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. s[ o]ngr, Goth. saggws. See {Sing}.] 1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Song bird — Song Song (s[o^]ng; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to sing; akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. s[ o]ngr, Goth. saggws. See {Sing}.] 1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Song sparrow — Song Song (s[o^]ng; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to sing; akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. s[ o]ngr, Goth. saggws. See {Sing}.] 1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Song thrush — Song Song (s[o^]ng; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to sing; akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. s[ o]ngr, Goth. saggws. See {Sing}.] 1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
