315. Sonnet 10 by William Shakespeare
b'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'