My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
I grant I never saw a goddess go,
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare.
The Sonnets Cxxx - My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun
William Shakespeare
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Poem topics: breath, heaven, music, never, snow, sun, head, grant, hear, delight, speak, black, sound, compare, white, red, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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