Sonnets from the Portuguese

1. I thought once how Theocritus had sung

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2. But only three in all God’s universe

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3. Unlike are we, unlike, o princely heart

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4. Thou hast thy calling to some palace floor

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5. I lift my heavy heart up solemnly

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6. Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand

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7. The face of all the world is changed, I think

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8. What can I give thee back, O liberal

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9. Can it be right to give what I can give?

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10. Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful enough

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11. And therefore if to love can be desert

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12. Indeed this very love which is my boast

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13. And wilt thou have me fashion into speech

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14. If thou must love me, let it be for nought

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15. Accuse me not, beseech thee, that I wear

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16. And yet, because thou overcomest so

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17. My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes

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18. I never gave a lock of hair away

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19. The soul’s Rialto hath its merchandise

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20. Beloved, my beloved, when I think

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21. Say over again, and yet once over again

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22. When our two souls stand up erect and strong

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23. Is it indeed so? If I lay here dead

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24. Let the world’s sharpness, like a clasping knife

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25. A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne

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26. I lived with visions for my company

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27. My own Beloved, who has lifted me

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28. My letters! all dead paper, mute and white!

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29. I think of thee!–my thoughts do twine and bud

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30. I see thine image through my tears tonight

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31. Thou comest! All is said without a word

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32. The first time that the sun rose on thine oath

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33. Yes, call me by my pet-name! Let me hear

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34. With the same heart, I said, I’ll answer thee

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35. If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange

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36. When we first met and loved, I did not build

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37. Pardon, oh, pardon that my soul should make

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38. First time he kissed me, he but only kissed

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39. Because thou hast the power and own’st the grace

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40. Oh yes! they love all through this world of ours!

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41. I thank all who have loved me in their hearts

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42. My future will not copy fair my past

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43. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways

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44. Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers

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