
Sonnet CXXX | My mistress' eye...

William Shakespeare
Sonnet CXXX | My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
| William Shakespeare | |
| poetry |
Posted byAlexander Bennett04-Apr-2026
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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress ree...
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