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Sonnet 130: My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing like the Sun

February 4, 2013 By PoetryGirl

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 damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there . . .

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