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TO HIS JEALOUS MISTRESS, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Admit, thou darling of mine eyes
Last Line: To blind the world, but only thine.
Subject(s): Jealousy


ADMIT, thou darling of mine eyes,
I have some idol lately fram'd,
That under such a false disguise
Our true loves might the less be fam'd:
Canst thou, that knowest my heart, suppose
I'll fall from thee, and worship those?

Remember, dear, how loth and slow
I was to cast a look or smile,
Or one love-line to misbestow,
Till thou hadst chang'd both face and style:
And art thou grown afraid to see
That mask put on thou mad'st for me?

I dare not call those childish fears,
Coming from love, much less from thee;
But wash away, with frequent tears,
This counterfeit idolatry:
And henceforth kneel at ne'er a shrine,
To blind the world, but only thine.





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