
Sonnet CXLV | Those lips that ...

William Shakespeare
Sonnet CXLV | Those lips that Love's own hand did make
| William Shakespeare | |
| poetry |
Posted byAlexander Bennett04-Apr-2026
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Those lips that Love's own hand did make
Breath'd forth the sound that said I hate
To me that languish'd for her sake:
But when she saw my woeful state,
Straight in her heart did mercy come.
Chiding that tongue, that ever sweet
Was used in giving gentle doom:
And taught it thus anew to greet:
'I hate' she alter'd with an end
That follow'd...
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