315. Sonnet 10 by William Shakespeare
W Shakespeare read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\n http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\n \n Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\n \n ---------------------------------------------\n \n Sonnet 10\n by William Shakespeare(1564 \u2013 1616)\n \n Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now:\n Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross,\n Join with the spite of fortune, make me bow,\n And do not drop in for an after loss:\n Ah! do not, when my heart hath \u2019scaped this sorrow,\n Come in the rearward of a conquer\u2019d woe;\n Give not a windy night a rainy morrow,\n To linger out a purposed overthrow.\n \n If thou wilt leave me, do not leave me last,\n When other petty griefs have done their spite,\n But in the onset come: so shall I taste\n At first the very worst of fortune\u2019s might;\n \n And other strains of woe, which now seem woe,\n Compared with loss of thee will not seem so!\n \n First aired: 9 August\n \n For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\n \n Reading \xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008