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William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare: Poems. 1914.
“In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes”
Sonnet CXLI
IN faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes |
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For they in thee a thousand errors note; |
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But ’tis my heart that loves what they despise, |
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Who, in despite of view, is pleas’d to dote. |
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Nor are mine ears with thy tongue’s tune delighted; |
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Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone, |
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Nor taste, nor smell desire to be invited |
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To any sensual feast with thee alone: |
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But my five wits nor my five senses can |
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Dissuade one foolish heart from serving thee, |
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Who leaves unsway’d the likeness of a man, |
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Thy proud heart’s slave and vassal wretch to be: |
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Only my plague thus far I count my gain, |
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That she that makes me sin awards me pain. |
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