< Shakespeare's Sonnets (1883)
For other versions of this work, see Sonnet 149 (Shakespeare).
CXLIX.
Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not,
When I against myself with thee partake?
Do I not think on thee, when I forgot
Am of my self, all tyrant, for thy sake?
Who hateth thee that I do call my friend,
On whom frown'st thou that I do fawn upon,
Nay, if thou lour'st on me, do I not spend
Revenge upon myself with present moan?
What merit do I in my self respect,
That is so proud thy service to despise,
When all my best doth worship thy defect,
Commanded by the motion of thine eyes?
- But, love, hate on, for now I know thy mind,
- Those that can see thou lov'st, and I am blind.
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