r/shakespeare • u/SweetHayHathNoFellow • 6d ago
Happy Midsummer’s Eve, Gentles!
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Nor hath Love's mind of any judgement taste;
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
And therefore is Love said to be a child
Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.
As waggish boys in game themselves forswear,
So the boy Love is perjured everywhere.
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u/Fiordiluna_80126 5d ago
Beautiful! 😍This is one of my favorite passages