by agoodguy2havesuffolk, Virginia, USA
Mar 2011 334 Views 3 comments
William's Sonnet CLV
"Tempt not a desperate man"
"Having nothing, nothing can he lose"
He'll get his want, what way he can
his horseless kingdom, shod new shoes
"The better part of valour is discretion"
and "There's daggers in men's smiles"
so, men can oft be driven by obsession
to ride a lame horse beyond its miles
"These words are razors to my wounded heart"
and so cut deep to flow life's blood
"One man in his time plays many parts"
passion will oft drag him through the mud
"But love is blind, and lovers cannot see".
"But, for my own part, it was Greek to me"
© agoodguy2have 2011-03-21
"Having nothing, nothing can he lose"
He'll get his want, what way he can
his horseless kingdom, shod new shoes
"The better part of valour is discretion"
and "There's daggers in men's smiles"
so, men can oft be driven by obsession
to ride a lame horse beyond its miles
"These words are razors to my wounded heart"
and so cut deep to flow life's blood
"One man in his time plays many parts"
passion will oft drag him through the mud
"But love is blind, and lovers cannot see".
"But, for my own part, it was Greek to me"
© agoodguy2have 2011-03-21
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Posted: Mar 2011
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Comments (3)
As to the lovers' impaired eyesight, it is true, lovers find it difficult to see properly cause they are blinded by Love:
"Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes,
That they behold, and see not what they see?
They know what beauty is, see where it lies,
Yet what the best is take the worst to be." (from Sonnet 137)
And the reason is that they love with Heart rather than eyes:
"In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,
For they in thee a thousand errors note;
But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise,
Who in despite of view is pleased to dote;" (from Sonnet 141)