William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Sonnet CXXVIII
How oft when
thou, my music, music play'st,
Upon that blessed
wood whose motion sounds
With thy sweet fingers
when thou gently sway'st
The wiry concord that
mine ear confounds,
Do I envy those jacks
that nimble leap,
To kiss the tender
inward of thy hand,
Whilst my poor lips
which should that harvest reap,
At the wood's boldness
by thee blushing stand!
To be so tickled,
they would change their state
And situation with
those dancing chips,
O'er whom thy fingers
walk with gentle gait,
Making dead wood more
bless'd than living lips.
Since saucy jacks so happy are in this,
Give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss.
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