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

Music to hear, why hear'st tho...

William Shakespeare

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

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Posted byAlexander Bennett04-Apr-2026

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Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?

Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy.

Why lovest thou that which thou receivest not gladly,

Or else receivest with pleasure thine annoy?

If the true concord of well-tuned sounds,

By unions married, do offend thine ear,

They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds

In singleness the parts that th...

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