Looking for a way to say ‘I love you’ more originally? Here’s an easy way to make your beloved feel warm and tender AND give to one of the worldcharge attest causes.
Choose a reading of a sonnet that expresses closely what you’d like someone to hear, click the link to the Justgiving page, donate £2 and the reading will be sent to you as an mp3 file. All the money raised from the website is in aid of the British Heart Foundation. It is quite simply a labour of love.
You might find what you’re looking for among some of the more famous:
- 18, Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?;
- 29, When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes;
- 55, Not marble, nor the gilded monuments;
- 116, Let me not to the marriage of true minds;
- 130, My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
- 138, When my love swears that she is made of truth,
Or hunt a little to discover something less well-known. I’ve included links to an excellent site Shakespeare’s Sonnets, which explains the sonnets line by line as well as giving historical context and possible biographical interpretations.
Please feel free to post comments on the poems and readings below. I’d love to hear what you think.