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Welcome to "The Bard's Corner," presented by Rebecca's Reading Room! Join me as I dive into the world of William Shakespeare, exploring his timeless works and the beauty of his sonnets.
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Cordelia Comforting Her Father, King Lear, in Prison (opens the original)
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S2 E2: Cordelia Comforting Her Father, King Lear, in Prison Welcome to The Bard’s Corner. Thank you for listening in. I am your host, Rebecca Budd. Thank you for joining me today. Today, I invite you to stand quietly before a single painting. Sometimes a work of art asks us to slow down before it tells its story. We notice the expressions, the light, the silence between two people. Only then do we begin to understand what the artist is trying to say. George William Joy’s Cordelia Comforting King
Sonnet 18 — Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (opens the original)
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S2 E1: Sonnet 18 — Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare 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
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