William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Sonnet XCIII
So shall I
live, supposing thou art true,
Like a deceived husband;
so love's face
May still seem love
to me, though alter'd new;
Thy looks with me,
thy heart in other place:
For there can live
no hatred in thine eye,
Therefore in that
I cannot know thy change.
In many's looks, the
false heart's history
Is writ in moods,
and frowns, and wrinkles strange.
But heaven in thy
creation did decree
That in thy face sweet
love should ever dwell;
Whate'er thy thoughts,
or thy heart's workings be,
Thy looks should nothing
thence, but sweetness tell.
How like Eve's apple doth thy beauty grow,
If thy sweet virtue answer not thy show!
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