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Sonnet 47: Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is

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(1564-1616)
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Sonnet 47: Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took
 
  Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took,
And each doth good turns now unto the other,
When that mine eye is famished 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 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.

William Shakespeare


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Kimberly Kastner (5/6/2007 1:47:00 PM)
A part of this sonnet was mentioned in C.S.I. last week, and I thought I'd read the whole thing. : -) This is a wonderful poem. Even though the speaker's sweetheart wasn't with him, he still had his picture, and that satisfied his hungry heart.
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