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The Sonnets XLVII - Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took

By William Shakespeare

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Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took,     And each doth good turns now unto the other:     When that mine eye is famishd for a look,     Or heart in love with sighs himself doth smother,     With my loves picture then my eye doth feast,     And to the painted banquet bids my heart;     Another time mine eye is my hearts guest,     And in his thoughts of love doth share a part:     So, either by thy picture or my love,     Thy self away, art present still with me;     For thou not farther than my thoughts canst move,     And I am still with them, and they with thee;     Or, if they sleep, thy picture in my sight     Awakes my heart, to hearts and eyes delight.

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William Shakespeare

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English playwright and poet widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote 154 sonnets and narrative poems including "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece," alongside 37 plays that remain central to world literature.

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