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Sonnet 8: Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly? - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Sonnet 8: Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?

By William ShakespeareSource: William Shakespeare - PoetryDB (Public Domain)101 words

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?

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