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Q141: ‘In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes,

For they in thee a thousand errors note,
But t’is my heart that loves what they despise,
Who in despite of view is pleased to dote.’

Despite being despised, my heart loves they who despise me. Is this guy a saint or what? Note the 3 repeated /th/ sounds in line 2, and only the first two alike so he can zibilantly slide into his errorz. 142 syllables long this sonnet, believe me I’ve counted them, but check lines 5 and 7 for the extra two.

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