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.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed 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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Word count: 131