Sonnet 47

by William Shakespeare · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took,

And each doth good turns now unto the other:

When that mine eye is famish'd for a look,

Or heart in love with sighs himself doth smother,

With my love's picture then my eye doth feast,

And to the painted banquet bids my heart;

Another time mine eye is my heart's guest,

And in his thoughts of love doth share a part:

So, either by thy picture or my love,

Thyself away art present still with me;

For thou not further 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 heart's and eye's delight.

#longing #love #william shakespeare

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