Shakespeare's Sonnets Navigator | Summary of Sonnet 139 in the Table of Contents | Notes for Sonnet 139 |
1 O, call not me to justify the wrong 2 That thy unkindness lays upon my heart; 3 Wound me not with thine eye but with thy tongue; 4 Use power with power, and slay me not by art. 5 Tell me thou lov'st elsewhere, but in my sight, 6 Dear heart, forbear to glance thine eye aside; 7 What need'st thou wound with cunning when thy might 8 Is more than my o'er-press'd defense can bide? 9 Let me excuse thee: ah! my love well knows 10 Her pretty looks have been mine enemies, 11 And therefore from my face she turns my foes, 12 That they elsewhere might dart their injuries: 13 Yet do not so, but since I am near slain, 14 Kill me outright with looks, and rid my pain. |
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