William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Sonnet XLIII
When most
I wink, then do mine eyes best see,
For all the day they
view things unrespected;
But when I sleep,
in dreams they look on thee,
And darkly bright,
are bright in dark directed.
Then thou, whose shadow
shadows doth make bright,
How would thy shadow's
form form happy show
To the clear day with
thy much clearer light,
When to unseeing eyes
thy shade shines so!
How would, I say,
mine eyes be blessed made
By looking on thee
in the living day,
When in dead night
thy fair imperfect shade
Through heavy sleep
on sightless eyes doth stay!
All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.
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