Wiki source code of Sonnet CXXX

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1 My mistress' eye's are nothing //like// the sun;
2 Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
3 If snow be white, why the breasts are dun;
4 If hairs be wires, (a little addition here) black wires grow on her head.
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6 I have seen roses [[Damask>>Main.WebHome]], red and white,
7 But no such rosy roses see I in her cheeks;
8 And in some perfumes is there more delight
9 Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
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11 I love //to// hear **her speak, yet well I know**
12 That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
13 I grant I never saw a goddess go;
14 My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
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16 And yet, by heaven, I think your love as rare
17 As any she belied with false compare.