Sonnet 20 by William shakespeare...{{Dedicated to my TRUTH...}}... A Poet's Muse...
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A woman's face ...
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with Nature's own hand...
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painted Hast thou...
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the master-mistress...
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of my passion...
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A woman's gentle heart...
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but not acquainted ...
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With shifting change...
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as is false women's fashion...
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An eye more bright than theirs...
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less false in rolling...
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Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth...
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A man in hue...
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all 'hues' in his controlling...
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Much steals men's eyes ...
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and women's souls amazeth...
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And for a woman ...
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wert thou first created...
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Till Nature...
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as she wrought thee...
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fell a-doting...
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And by addition ...
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me of thee defeated...
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By adding one thing ...
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to my purpose nothing...
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But since she ...
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prick'd thee out ...
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for women's pleasure...
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Mine be thy love ...
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and thy love's use their treasure...
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