Sonnet no 1: By William Shakespeare

Sonnet no 1: By William Shakespeare

Read by: Bertram Selwyn (Bernard Shakespeare)

"From fairest creatures we desire increase,

That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decease,
His tender heir might bear his memory:
But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed'st thy light'st flame with self-substantial fuel,
Making a famine where abundance lies,
Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.
Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content
And, tender churl, makest waste in niggarding.
Pity the world, or else this glutton be,
To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee."

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

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[daisy34]

Why the omission of the word 'that' in line 8?

[bernardshakespeare]

Quite right. When I have finished all 154 sonnets, I will probably re-recite some of the earlier sonnets such as this one. In some areas you might also notice computer glitches that slice certain words. I then had a computer problem that is now fine.

Thanks for listening and subscribing. I do hope you enjoy my work.

Regards,

Bertram Selwyn

[coolhamid1]

@ApocolipticAngel Same :)

[BatzNBonez]

YOU'RE VOICE IS GODLY. And William Shakespeare is a truly great artist.

[SlayerSlayers]

Hello bernardshakespeare ! You have done a great job ! I would like to ask , if you have some verse from his production...You know , lover verse from Romeo and Juliette and stuff...Something , i would say to my girlfriend ! Hi !

[ananoula]

hm...love it!

[ApocolipticAngel]

I'm reciting this for class

this helped with some of the pronunciation

thanks!

[syetab]

LOVELY

[juanjoseramirez784]

It is right. No doubt.