Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes
That they behold and see not what they see?
They know what beauty is, see where it lies,
Yet what the best is, take the worst to be.
If eyes corrupt by overpartial looks,
Be anchored in the bay where all men ride,
Why of eyes' falsehood hast thou forgèd hooks,
Whereto the judgment of my heart is tied?
Why should my heart think that a several plot
Which my heart knows the wide world's common place?
Or mine eyes seeing this, say this is not
To put fair truth upon so foul a face?
In things right true my heart and eyes have erred,
And to this false plague are they now transferred.
Sonnet 137: Thou Blind Fool, Love, What Dost Thou To Mine Eyes
William Shakespeare
(1)
Poem topics: beauty, truth, world, wide, place, face, worst, true, fool, blind, common, love, I love you, heart, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Sonnet 136: If Thy Soul Check Thee That I Come So Near Poem
Sonnet 138: When My Love Swears That She Is Made Of Truth Poem>>
Write your comment about Sonnet 137: Thou Blind Fool, Love, What Dost Thou To Mine Eyes poem by William Shakespeare
Best Poems of William Shakespeare