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Sonnet 8

       ,   2       ,            ,           ,       ,
      Music to | hear, why*| hearst thou | music | sadly?
        ,              T    T   T     T   .     Tx    T
      Sweets with | sweets war not,| joy delights in joy.  ??
            ,            ,      ,       2      ,           ,
      Why lovst | thou that | which thou re|ceivst not | gladly,
           ,         ,            ,         ,        ,
      Or else | receivst | with pleas|ure thine | annoy?
                 ,    ,   ,         T    T     T
      If the / true con|cord of | well-tuned sounds,
          ,       ,         ,       ,           ,
      By un|ions mar|ried, do | offend | thine^ear,
            ,         ,        ,            ,          ,
      They do | but sweet|ly chide | thee, who | confounds
          ,       ,          ,            ,               ,
      In sing|leness | the parts | that thou | shouldst^bear.
       ,         T     T      T      ,       ,    ,
      Mark how^|one string, sweet | husband to a|nother,
         T      T   .   T        ,  2    ,     ,
      Strikes each in each | by mut|ual ord|ering,
         ,          ,          ,          ,      ,      o
      Resem|bling sire | and child | and hap|py moth|er
           ,        ,           ,        ,          ,
      Who^all | in one, | one pleas|ing note | do sing:
               ,          ,       2    ,       ,       ,
      Whose^speech|less song, | being ma|ny, seem|ing one,
        T     T   .   T             x       T    T     T
      Sings this to thee: | thou single | wilt prove none.

Lines 9 and 11 are hexameter

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