When was Sonnet 116 published?

In this famous Sonnet, Shakespeare declares that true love should overcome and outlast any obstacle. The opening two lines evoke Words from the Christian church marriage service.

Some commentators suggest that the poet is here referring to his own love for his addressee, which, he asserts, will not be dented or deflected by the misdeeds of the latter. However, given the wider context (of Shakespeare's Sonnets, read as a whole sequence), it appears that the poem is more an appeal to a former friend to forgive the lapses of the poet. "Don't", Shakespeare appears to be saying, "let the impediments of my behaviour sour our relationship".

Read more on this and others of Shakespeare's Sonnets in Shakespeare: a Hidden Life Sung in a Hidden Song (see link below).