William Shakespeare Sonnet 61 (revised)

Is it your will that your image should keep me wakeful at night? that my sleep should be broken while shades of you hunt my sight?  Is it your spirit that you send so far from home, to see how ill  I’ve spent my time, the aim and scope of your suspicion?  No, your love is not so strong.  It is my love that keeps me awake, my won true love that cheats me of my rest to play watchman over you.  I keep watch of you while you are awake elsewhere, far off from me with others all too near…


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