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" My true-love hath my heart and I have his,
By just exchange one for the other given:
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;
There never was a bargain better driven.

His heart in me keeps me and him in one;
My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:
He loves my heart, for once it was his own;
I cherish his because in me it bides.

His heart his wound received from my sight;
My heart was wounded with his wounded heart;
For as from me on him his hurt did light,
So still, methought, in me his hurt did smart:

Both equal hurt, in this change sought our bliss,
My true-love hath my heart and I have his. "

Philip Sidney , The Poems of Sir Philip Sidney


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Philip Sidney quote : My true-love hath my heart and I have his,<br />By just exchange one for the other given:<br />I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;<br />There never was a bargain better driven.<br /><br />His heart in me keeps me and him in one;<br />My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:<br />He loves my heart, for once it was his own;<br />I cherish his because in me it bides.<br /><br />His heart his wound received from my sight;<br />My heart was wounded with his wounded heart;<br />For as from me on him his hurt did light,<br />So still, methought, in me his hurt did smart:<br /><br />Both equal hurt, in this change sought our bliss,<br />My true-love hath my heart and I have his.