Episode 2: The Sound of Youth
Episode 2 features SONNET 37 which begins, "As a decrepit father takes delight..." But don't let the first line fool ya, you'll take delight, too!
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As a decrepit father takes delight, As a decrepit father takes delight
To see his active childe do deeds of youth, To see his active child / do / deeds of youth,
So I, made lame by Fortunes dearest spight So I, maade laame by Fortune's dearest / spite
Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth. Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth.
For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit, For Whether beauty, birth, or Wealth, or Wit,
Or any of these all, or all, or more Or any of these all, or all, or more
Intitled in their parts, do crowned sit, Intitled in their parts, do crowned sit,
I make my love ingrafted to this store: I make my love ingrafted to this / store:
So then I am not lame, poore, nor dispis'd So then I am NOT laame, poor, nor dispised
Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give, Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give,
That I in thy abundance am suffic'd, That in thy aBUNdance am sufficed,
And by a part of all thy glory live: And by a part of all thy glory live:
Looke what is best, that best I wish in thee, Look what is best, that best I wish in thee,
This wish I have, then ten times happy me. This wish I have, then Ten Times hap-py mee.
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Thank you for the clear interpretation of meaning, in addition to tone and pacing. I hope you do more of that - give the audience a precise explanation of who the speaker might be, and who is audience might be, and most importantly, how that makes you feel as a performer (or audience). Definitely your strong suit there.