In faith I do not love with mine eyes,
For they in a thousand errors note,
But my heart that loves what they despise,
Who in despite of view is pleased to dote.
Nor are mine ears with tongue’s tune delighted,
Nor tender feeling to base touches prone,
Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited
To any sensual feast with alone:
But my five wits, nor my five senses can
Dissuade one foolish heart from serving ,
Who leaves unswayed the likeness of a man,
proud heart’s slave and vassal wretch to be:
Only my plague thus far I count my gain,
That she that makes me sin, awards me pain.
Sonnet 141
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