Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought Glossary

session (noun)

A period devoted to a particular activity; a meeting; a gathering of a court of law

summon (verb)

To call, invite; to order someone to be present, especially in a court of law

woe (noun)

Sorrow or distress

cancel (verb)

To decide not to go through with something planned; to destroy; to offset; to complete (as in paying off a debt)

sight (noun)

Something that is seen; in Shakespeare’s time, “sigh” was also spelled this way

expense (noun)

Cost or financial burden; a loss caused by some action

foregone (adjective)

Past, previous

tell (verb)

To express; to give information; to narrate; to count

o’er (preposition)

Over; about

account (noun)

Story, tale; reckoning, computation; money deposited in a bank

fore (adverb)

Before