William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Sonnet XXVII
Weary with
toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear respose for
limbs with travel tir'd;
But then begins a
journey in my head
To work my mind, when
body's work's expired:
For then my thoughts--from
far where I abide--
Intend a zealous pilgrimage
to thee,
And keep my drooping
eyelids open wide,
Looking on darkness
which the blind do see:
Save that my soul's
imaginary sight
Presents thy shadow
to my sightless view,
Which, like a jewel
(hung in ghastly night,
Makes black night
beauteous, and her old face new.
Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,
For thee, and for myself, no quiet find.
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