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by Philip Sidney, Sir (1554 - 1586)

My true Love hath my heart and I have...
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Language: English 
My true Love hath my heart and I have his.
By just exchange, one for the other given:
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;
There never was a bargain better driven.
His heart in me keeps me and him in one;
My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:
He loves my heart, for once it was his own;
I cherish his because in me it bides.
His heart his wound received from my sight;
My heart was wounded with his wounded heart;
For as from me on him his hurt did light,
So still methought in me his hurt did smart:
Both equal hurt, in this change sought our bliss:
My true Love hath my heart, and I have his.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   S. Adler •   D. Carwithen •   A. Foote •   C. Gounod •   J. Rutter •   S. Wilkinson 

A. Foote sets lines 1-8
S. Adler sets lines 1-8
C. Gounod sets lines 1-8
D. Carwithen sets lines 1-8

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Confirmed with Love Songs of English Poets, 1500-1800, New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1892, in which it is titled "Sonnet to Stella", which is probably not the author's title.

Parodied in Archibald Stodart-Walker's My true friend hath my hat.


Text Authorship:

  • by Philip Sidney, Sir (1554 - 1586), no title, appears in Arcadia [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 131

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