Anthony and Melinda discuss Sonnet 1. Download Episode 4 - Sonnet 1 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`s 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 A

Anthony and Melinda discuss Sonnet 57. Download Episode 3 - Sonnet 57 Being your slave, what should I do but tend Upon the hours and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to do, till you require. Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you, Nor think the bitterness of absence sour When you have bid your servant once adieu; Nor dare I question with my jealous thought Where you

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