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And the last piece
I'm going to read

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is a translation of
a Shakespeare sonnet,

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from English to English.

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And Susan, has been so kind
as to read the original.

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We'll see.

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"Sonnet 73."

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"That time of year
thou mayst in me

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behold, When yellow
leaves, or none, or few,

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do hang upon these boughs
which shake against the cold.

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Bare ruin'd choirs, where
late the sweet birds sang.

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In me, thou see'st the
twilight of such day,

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As after sunset
fadeth in the west,

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which by and by black night doth
take away Death's second self,

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that seals up all in rest.

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In me, thou see'st the glowing
of such fire that on the ashes

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of his youth doth lie.

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As the death bed where on
it must expire consum'd

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with that which it
was nourish'd by.

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This thou perceiv'st, which
makes thy love more strong,

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To love that well which
thou must leave ere long.

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Thank you.

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"That Time in Me Amulet--

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Love Sonnet to Letters."

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"Knowing I cannot contain them,
I keep no leaves in my pockets.

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But bring them inside,
construct amulets.

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Adorn your sleeping limbs
with canticles of birds.

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You keep me warm.

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At dusk you undress, and look
at me bare ruined for rest.

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Night begins as you turn,
and seal second sight.

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Reclined amid leaves,
or none, or few.

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Darkness steals, but
inside time we consume.

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I light a candle, and refuse
to admit the late hour.

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Instead in love you say,
ash precedes crystal and so

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if we are to depart
we go as one.

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Why write about death
instead of bliss?

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You know I wouldn't love
you any less if there

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were no possible end to love."

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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