Sonnet 133: Beshrew That Heart That Makes My Heart To Groan
Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
For that deep wound it gives my friend and me!
Isât not enough to torture me alone,
But slave to slavery my sweetâst friend must be?
Me from myself thy cruel eye hath taken,
And my next self thou harder hast engrossâd:
Of him, myself, and thee I am forsaken;
A torment thrice three-fold thus to be crossâd:
Prison my heart in thy steel bosomâs ward,
But then my friendâs heart let my poor heart bail;
Whoeâer keeps me, let my heart be his guard;
Thou canst not then use rigour in my jail:
And yet thou wilt; for I, being pent in thee,
Perforce am thine, and all that is in me.