Listen to:
As an Unperfect Actor on the Stage (:51)
by William Shakespeare
performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode
SONNET 23
As an unperfect actor on the stage,
Who with his fear is put besides
his part,
Or some fierce thing replete with
too much rage,
Whose strength's abundance weakens
his own heart;
So I, for fear of trust, forget to
say
The perfect ceremony of love's
rite,
And in mine own love's strength
seem to decay,
O'ercharg'd with burden of mine own
love's might.
O! let my looks be then the
eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking
breast,
Who plead for love, and look for
recompense,
More than that tongue that more
hath more express'd.
O! learn to read
what silent love hath writ:
To hear with eyes
belongs to love's fine wit.
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