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 damasked, 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 reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound;I grant I never saw a goddess go;My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.
;If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, 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 reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound;I grant I never saw a goddess go;My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.