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Song Information:

Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 is one of his best known and most loved, due in part to its easy accessibility. As you listen, imagine a man walking in an open meadow on a summer's day, daydreaming of his lover. He begins to contemplate, in his own heart, to what he can compare her. But comparisons fail, even as he considers a summer's day or the sun itself. She is unique.

When I first started to write a sonnet-song, I didn't know where I was going. The inspiration to do this was born of a desire to bring Shakespeare in a modern musical form to today's audience. "Love Alters Not" (here) was the initial result and a pleasant surprise. Now with "Thou Art More Lovely" completed, I just want to say how grateful I am to be working with Richard and Mike. We're three middle-aged guys having a lot of fun.

This piece has a light jazz flavor and in it Richard delivers (IMHO) his best vocal performance on MacJams.com. Mike, once again on guitar, provides excellent lead rhythm and flourishes, as well as a short solo, that make this song come together. Richard shows off his growing skills with some great background acoustic guitar playing. Employing the mighty "pencil tool", I provide the upright bass as well as a little live shaker shaking. We hope you like it. Music Composition Copyright 2004 Jack Miller. All Rights Reserved.

Song Lyrics:

Shakespeare's Sonnet 18:

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 dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest 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.