Sonnet 46: Mine Eye and Heart Are at a Mortal War
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Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war
How to divide the conquest of thy sight: Mine eye my heart thy picture's sight would bar, My heart mine eye the freedom of that right. My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie, A closet never pierced with crystal eyes, But the defendant doth that plea deny And says in him thy fair appearance lies. To side this title is impanelled A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart, And by their verdict is determined The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part As thus: mine eye's due is thy outward part And my heart's right thy inward love of heart. |
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