Sonnet no 8: By William Shakespeare

Sonnet no 8: By William Shakespeare

Read by: Bertram Selwyn (Bernard Shakespeare)

"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 unions married, do offend thine ear,
They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds
In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear.
Mark how one string, sweet husband to another,
Strikes each in each by mutual ordering;
Resembling sire and child and happy mother,
Who, all in one, one pleasing note do sing:
Whose speechless song being many, seeming one,
Sings this to thee: 'Thou single wilt prove none.'"

(For Full Chronological order of William Shakespeare's sonnets, check the PLAYLIST entitled "The Sonnets of William Shakespeare")

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[snapeladygagadude]

im presenting this for drama class. thnx for posting this

[hartistry]

Nice read!!!

[lizgbates]

i have to memoroze this too.

this will really help me :)

[rawker617]

Thank's for posting this.

I have to memorize a sonnet for school, this helps me understand the tone of speech. thanks man.