Sonnet 130
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.
2 comments:
So as I understand it, Julia not only has a mistress, she has an ugly mistress. And I guess she doesn't like Petrarch. Frankly I'm surprised all around.
You know what they say... only two drinks away.
... No, in all honestly this is just to torture myself. As YOU know, it is quoted in "Point Counter Point".
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