Episode 15: Fool For Love

This sonnet, #57, was the genesis of The Shakespeare Sound. We hope it delights!

1609 QUARTO                                                                  ACTING CLUES VERSION

Being your slave what should I doe but tend,                    Being your slave what should I do but / tend,

Upon the houres, and times of your desire?                       Upon the hours, and / times of your desire?

I have no precious time at al to spend;                               I have no precious time at all to spend;

Nor services to doe til you require.                                    Nor services to do til you require.

Nor dare I chide the world without end houre,                  Nor dare I chide the world without end hour,

Whilst I (my soveraine) watch the clock for you,              Whilst I (my sovereign) watch the clock for you,

Nor thinke the bitternesse of absence sowre,                     Nor think the bitterness of absence / sour,

When you have bid your servant once adieue.                  When you have bid your servant once adieu.

Nor dare I question with my jealious thought,                   Nor dare I question with my jealous thought,

Where you may be, or your affaires suppose,                    Where you may be, or your affairs / suppose,

But like a sad slave stay and thinke of nought                   But like a sad slave stay and think of nought

Save where you are, how happy you make those.              Save where you are, how happy you make those.

     So true a foole is love, that in your Will,                              So true a fool is love, that in your Will,

     (Though you do anything) he thinkes no ill.                         (Though you do anything) he thinks no ill.