I’m starting a series of “poetry by heart” videos. It’s an experiment. Here’s the Philip Sidney I have been memorizing recently. ‘My true love hath my heart and I have his’.
You can see it on YouTube here.
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.
Ooooh, lovely. Do you do requests? Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 for me, please. I've been struggling to learn it since the summer and have only managed the first quatrain so far!
A beautiful idea!