20 April 2010

Wishing me like to one more rich in hope

Rufus Wainwright's new album "All Days Are Nights," out today, includes three songs written for Shakespearean sonnets -- #10, #20 and #43. (Or if you prefer: "For shame deny that thou bear'st love to any," "A woman's face with nature's own hand painted" and "When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see." I Googled that for you!) Appropriate given that Shakespeare was born 446 years ago this month.

Wainwright never officially released this sonnet song but it's quite pretty:

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