Paul Kelly - Sonnet 18 Lyrics






Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.





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  1. W.... D....

    manga
    anime
    Netflix adaptation:

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    One of the most beautiful video ever

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    Is nobody gonna talk about how fucking weird this is

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    CShall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
    Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
    Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
    And summer’s lease hath all too short a dateSometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
    And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
    And every fair from fair sometime declines,
    By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d:
    But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
    Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
    Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
    When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
    So long lives this, and this gives life to thee

  5. S.... A....

    Nailed it.

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    This is my favourite thing that Paul Kelly has ever done.

  7. J.... N....

    Oh this is great subscribed :)

  8. T.... M....

    Love this. Brilliant to set it to the ballade. Works so well.Thanks Paul

  9. P.... I....

    lovely!

  10. A.... L....

    What a gorgeous clip! Great tune too..

  11. B.... H....

    An amazing song... Well done!

  12. D.... G....

    Does someone has the chords for this song?

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    +Drea García Hola Andrea

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    +Drea García
    It's basically Bm- A, then A to Bm on the Chorus, and at one point he goes down to an F#Maj

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    @plod Thanks so much!

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    @Drea García
    Yw!

  13. a.... ....

    I'll bet William S never wrote a tune this nice. So I reckon it's one-all. Great stuff.

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    Dude come ´on

  14. m.... ....

    So trippy

  15. L.... T....

    Love it!

  16. J.... R....

    Brilliant!

  17. g.... ....

    Billy Shakes would dig it. I'm sure :)

  18. G.... ....

    Oh my goodness - this is superb. Very clever and very well done. Great music. Oh - and the lyrics aren't bad either!