Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XLVII

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

XLVII

 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, 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 heart's and eye's delight. 
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