- Aaron Moore
- Memorization
Sonnet 30
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste:
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night,
And weep afresh love’s long since cancelled woe,
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o’er
The sad account of fore-bemoanèd moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
by William Shakespeare
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Personal Notes
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Kate and I decided to memorize this after seeing a really cool solo performance at On The Boards in Seattle. The performer asked volunteers to come up and promised them that we would all have this sonnet memorized by the end of the performance. It was a slight exaggeration, but a very memorable performance.