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Sonnet 43

             ,        ,          ,          ,          ,
      When most | I wink | then do | mine^eyes | best^see,
           ,         ,           ,            ,     ,       o
      For all | the day | they view | things^un|respect|ed;
            ,        ,           ,            ,         ,
      But when | I sleep,| in dreams | they look | on^thee,
            ,        ,            ,          ,       ,       o
      And dark|ly bright,| are bright | in dark | direct|ed.
              ,           ,       ,         ,             ,
      Then* thou | whose^shad|ow shad|ows doth | make* bright,
       ,       2       ,           T    T   T       ,
      How would thy | shadow's | form form hap|py show
                 ,    ,                 ,    ,        ,
      To the / clear day | with thy / much clear|er light,
        ,    2    ,         ,          T      T    T
      When to un|seeing | eyes thy | shade shines so?
            ,        ,           ,         ,        ,
      How would |(I say)| mine^eyes | be bles|sed made
           ,       ,         ,        ,       ,
      By look|ing on | thee in | the liv|ing day,
                  ,    ,           ,       ,         ,
      When in / dead night | thy fair | imper|fect shade
               ,       ,          ,          ,           ,
      Through hea|vy sleep | on sight|less eyes | doth^stay?
       T    T   .     T         ,         ,          ,
      All days are nights | to see | till^I | see* thee,
       .     T      T     T            ,           ,          ,
      And nights bright days | when^dreams | do* show | thee me.
 
 
Lines 2 and 4 are hexameter

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