Sonnet 8/VIII "Music to hear"

Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
Sweets with sweets war not; joy delights in joy.
Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly,
Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy?
If the true concord of well-tuned sounds
By unions married do offend thine ear,
They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds
In singleness the parts that thou should'st bear.
Mark how one string sweet husband to another,
Strike each in each my mutual ordering,
Resembling sire, and child, and happy mother,
Who all in one, one pleasing note do sing,
Whose speechless song--being many, seeming one--
Sings this to thee: "Thou single wilt prove none."


Quatrain 1

1 Music / to hear, // why hear'st / thou mu/sic sadly?
2 Sweets with / sweets war / not; // joy / delights / in joy.
3 Why lov'st / thou that / which thou / receiv'st / not gladly,
4 Or else / receiv'st / with plea/sure thine / annoy?

Quatrain 2

5 If the / true con/cord of / well-tu/ned sounds >
6 By u/nions mar/ried do / offend / thine ear,
7 They do / but sweet/ly chide / thee, // who / confounds >
8 In si/ngleness / the parts / that thou / should'st bear.

Quatrain 3

9 Mark how / one string / sweet hus/band to / another,
10 Strike each / in each / my mu/tual or/dering,
11 Resem/bling sire, / and child, / and hap/py mother,
12 Who all / in one, / one plea/sing note / do sing,

Couplet

13 Whose speech/less song/--being ma/ny, see/ming one--
14 Sings this / to thee: // "Thou si/ngle wilt / prove none."