Sonnet 105 - Faire, Kinde, and True

[Light-of-Truth]

Right now, September 4, 2022 we are in Sonnet 105 in the Sonnets Pyramid design.

http://www.light-of-truth.com/pyramid-GMT.php#Sonnet105

This is one of my very favorite Sonnets and contains one of Bacon's most powerful messages. I'll try to explain my interpretation of Sonnet 105.

LEt not my loue be cal'd Idolatrie,
Nor my beloued as an Idoll show,
Since all alike my songs and praises be
To one, of one, still such, and euer so.
Kinde is my loue to day, to morrow kinde,
Still constant in a wondrous excellence,
Therefore my verse to constancie confin'de,
One thing expressing, leaues out difference.
Faire, kinde, and true, is all my argument,
Faire, kinde and true, varrying to other words,
And in this change is my inuention spent,
Three theams in one, which wondrous scope affords.
    Faire, kinde, and true, haue often liu'd alone.
    Which three till now, neuer kept seate in one.

 

Throughout the Sonnets Bacon is often writing to and about himself as if he were different people. Many times he is writing to himself as Queen Elizabeth's son, William Tudor (as I believe). Sometimes he is writing to himself as Francis Bacon, and then at times he is writing to himself as William Shakespeare. Any of the three may be writing to any other of the three at different times. Bacon writes love poems to himself, about himself, in a pure sense of the word. He brings this up in other places in the Sonnets as well. In Sonnet 62, a Sonnet about "self-love", he states, "T'is thee (my selfe) that for my selfe I praise".

Here in Sonnet 105 he asks us to "LEt not my loue be cal'd Idolatrie, Nor my beloued as an Idoll show". His love is not idolatry, and he is not making an idol of himself. Next he explains, "Since all alike my songs and praises be - To one, of one, still such, and euer so." All of his love poems to and about himself, his songs and praises, are to one, of one. All three of his lives belong to one man. Bacon had to live his life with a juggling act. We feel his struggles and he left us his story which is clear to understand once we actually know the story.

"Faire, kinde, and true,is all my argument, Faire, kinde and true, varrying to other words, And in this change is my inuention spent, Three theams in one, which wondrous scope affords."

Faire, kinde, and true. Faire is himself as William Tudor, Elizabeth's son. Faire means Royal. Kind is himself as the poet Shakespeare. True is himself as Francois Bacon, the Lawyer and Statesman. Faire, Kinde, and True. "Three theams in one".

"Faire, kinde, and true, haue often liu'd alone. Which three till now, neuer kept seate in one."

William Tudor, William Shakespeare, and Francis Bacon, have often lived alone. Which three till now, never kept seat in one. That is what Bacon is sharing from his heart. He is telling us his story. Bacon is stating that he has three themes (lives) and they are all one person.

Faire, kinde, and true, is all my argument,
Faire, kinde and true, varrying to other words,
And in this change is my inuention spent,
Three theams in one, which wondrous scope affords.
    Faire, kinde, and true, haue often liu'd alone.
    Which three till now, neuer kept seate in one.

 

Edited September 4, 2022 by Light-of-Truth

[Eric Roberts]

13 hours ago, Light-of-Truth said:

Right now, September 4, 2022 we are in Sonnet 105 in the Sonnets Pyramid design.

http://www.light-of-truth.com/pyramid-GMT.php#Sonnet105

This is one of my very favorite Sonnets and contains one of Bacon's most powerful messages. I'll try to explain my interpretation of Sonnet 105.

LEt not my loue be cal'd Idolatrie,
Nor my beloued as an Idoll show,
Since all alike my songs and praises be
To one, of one, still such, and euer so.
Kinde is my loue to day, to morrow kinde,
Still constant in a wondrous excellence,
Therefore my verse to constancie confin'de,
One thing expressing, leaues out difference.
Faire, kinde, and true, is all my argument,
Faire, kinde and true, varrying to other words,
And in this change is my inuention spent,
Three theams in one, which wondrous scope affords.
    Faire, kinde, and true, haue often liu'd alone.
    Which three till now, neuer kept seate in one.

 

Throughout the Sonnets Bacon is often writing to and about himself as if he were different people. Many times he is writing to himself as Queen Elizabeth's son, William Tudor (as I believe). Sometimes he is writing to himself as Francis Bacon, and then at times he is writing to himself as William Shakespeare. Any of the three may be writing to any other of the three at different times. Bacon writes love poems to himself, about himself, in a pure sense of the word. He brings this up in other places in the Sonnets as well. In Sonnet 62, a Sonnet about "self-love", he states, "T'is thee (my selfe) that for my selfe I praise".

Here in Sonnet 105 he asks us to "LEt not my loue be cal'd Idolatrie, Nor my beloued as an Idoll show". His love is not idolatry, and he is not making an idol of himself. Next he explains, "Since all alike my songs and praises be - To one, of one, still such, and euer so." All of his love poems to and about himself, his songs and praises, are to one, of one. All three of his lives belong to one man. Bacon had to live his life with a juggling act. We feel his struggles and he left us his story which is clear to understand once we actually know the story.

"Faire, kinde, and true,is all my argument, Faire, kinde and true, varrying to other words, And in this change is my inuention spent, Three theams in one, which wondrous scope affords."

Faire, kinde, and true. Faire is himself as William Tudor, Elizabeth's son. Faire means Royal. Kind is himself as the poet Shakespeare. True is himself as Francois Bacon, the Lawyer and Statesman. Faire, Kinde, and True. "Three theams in one".

"Faire, kinde, and true, haue often liu'd alone. Which three till now, neuer kept seate in one."

William Tudor, William Shakespeare, and Francis Bacon, have often lived alone. Which three till now, never kept seat in one. That is what Bacon is sharing from his heart. He is telling us his story. Bacon is stating that he has three themes (lives) and they are all one person.

Faire, kinde, and true, is all my argument,
Faire, kinde and true, varrying to other words,
And in this change is my inuention spent,
Three theams in one, which wondrous scope affords.
    Faire, kinde, and true, haue often liu'd alone.
    Which three till now, neuer kept seate in one.

 

 

One of the wonderful things about this Sonnet ('little song") is how it holds so much meaning, i.e. so many possible interpretations, in just 14 lines of iambic pentameter verse.

Is F.B. talking about himself, or is it a statement on the constancy and completeness of his love of God? Or Marguerite de Valois? How many books have been written on the

Sonnets? Surely they're among the most read and most elusive / enigmatic poems ever written. They both reveal and conceal the unknowable.

 

 

 

[Light-of-Truth]

Eric:

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One of the wonderful things about this Sonnet ('little song") is how it holds so much meaning, i.e. so many possible interpretations, in just 14 lines of iambic pentameter verse.

I'll be honest.

Before I even read my first Shakespeare Sonnet I was already a Baconian in the making. I enjoyed a "Xeroxed" version of The Personal Poems of Francis Bacon before I even held a copy of the Sonnets in hand. That was late 1998 or early 1999. (Thank you Lawrence for sending it to me!)

When I started to actually read the Sonnets, it was never front to back. Never forward one line to the next, except a few lines at a time. My first time spent in the Sonnets was seeking number treasures; 33, 157, 287. (Thank you Peter Dawkins for the "Treasure Hunt"!)

So I came into the Sonnets seeking number cipher treasures. I called them "arrowheads" as I always loved walking around in the wilderness out West looking for and finding prehistoric arrowheads. It is a thrill. Just like discovering a cipher!

I had a few dreams about the Sonnets that led to some new number ciphers. The Sonnets became my passion 22 years ago.

As I read lines out of context, even full Sonnets removed from others that are related, starting with Dodd's Freemason spin on Bacon's life including his Royal Birth, I have rarely seen anything else in the Sonnets. It's as if I feel I know his story, Bacon's life as Shakespeare describes it. In fact, almost every line tells his story. Three themes in one. Fair, Kind, and True. Which three till now, never kept seat in one.

We are in those lines right now:

http://www.light-of-truth.com/pyramid-GMT.php#Line1471

After a few years I'd come across interpretations by scholars, including Baconians. I saw names, people I never heard of. Sometimes familiar, but an entire novel of people who are not Francis Bacon. I always saw his mother, Elizabeth. Dee of course, right where it matters. I was influenced by Alfred Dodd on the base story. I've seen other things that I talk about. For example, when Bacon says his name is Will, I believe him. He actually says it, overtly. Is he "Will Shakespeare"? Yea, in one theme. Among a few friends, etc.

That the idea came to me that Bacon was born as William Tudor before having a Bacon name fits so well. Will Tudor.

I'm in the Sonnets nearly every day and have been for over 20 years. Where we are in the lines to me is like a morning horoscope or just pulling a random Tarot card. Some days I end up studying whatever Sonnet is it for hours and its numbers, ciphers, and hidden meanings. The "little songs" are a part of my life. Bacon shares his life in these songs, on many many levels.

So I have an obvious biased interpretation of the Sonnets. I have never read a Sonnet as a fan of Shakespeare. From day one I have had a Baconian perspective. I've become a fan of Shakespeare as a result of being one of Bacon's biggest fans. ALL of the interpretations out there may true. Bacon was a Master at multiple meanings with a few words. I'd say holographic meanings. Maybe even infinite, eternal inter-dimensional holographic intentions, purposes, and messages.

Bacon's life. Three themes in one. Fair, Kind, and True.

🙂

 

Edited September 6, 2022 by Light-of-Truth