Sonnet 141

  1. In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes,
  2. For they in thee a thousand errors note;
  3. But ’tis my heart that loves what they despise,
  4. Who, in despite of view, is pleased to dote.
  5. Nor are mine ears with thy tongue’s tune delighted;
  6. Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone,
  7. Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited
  8. To any sensual feast with thee alone:
  9. But my five wits nor my five senses can
  10. Dissuade one foolish heart from serving thee,
  11. Who leaves unsway’d the likeness of a man,
  12. Thy proud heart’s slave and vassal wretch to be:
  13. Only my plague thus far I count my gain,
  14. That she that makes me sin awards me pain.

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