1. wantonness: amorous dalliance.

2. sport: amorous dalliance.

3. of more and less: i.e., by persons of all ranks.

4. that to thee resort: that flock to you.

8. translated: transformed.

9. stern: savage.

12. the strength of all thy state: i.e., the strength of your full glory.

13-14. in such sort/As: in such a way that.

14. report: reputation. —The final couplet also ends Sonnet 36.