Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
William Shakespeare
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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
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Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
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If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
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If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
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I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
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But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
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And in some perfumes is there more delight
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Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
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I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
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That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
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I grant I never saw a goddess go;
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My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
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And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
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As any she belied with false compare.
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William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
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