The Sonnets XLVI - Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war
Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war, How to divide the conquest of thy sight; Mine eye my heart thy pictures sight would bar, My heart mine eye the freedom of that right. My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie, A closet never piercd with crystal eyes But the defendant doth that plea deny, And says in him thy fair appearance lies. To side this title is impannelled A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart; And by their verdict is determined The clear eyes moiety, and the dear hearts part: As thus; mine eyes due is thy outward part, And my hearts right, thy inward love of heart.
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