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irene adler ♛ the woman ([personal profile] herrin) wrote in [community profile] asgardeventide 2014-03-01 09:57 pm (UTC)

Perhaps because the sonnet you favour reveals more about you than your literary taste.

However, for the sake of argument... Shakespeare, Sonnet 141.

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.
Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted;
Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone,
Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited
To any sensual feast with thee alone:
But my five wits nor my five senses can
Dissuade one foolish heart from serving thee,
Who leaves unswayed the likeness of a man,
Thy proud heart's slave and vassal wretch to be:
Only my plague thus far I count my gain,
That she that makes me sin awards me pain.

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