“O, then, what graces in my love do dwell, That he hath turn'd a heaven unto a hell!”

Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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English playwright and poet 1564–1616

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“O learn to read what silent love hath writ: To hear with eyes belongs to love´s fine wit.”

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Whose strength’s abundance weakens his own heart;
So I, for fear of trust, forget to say
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O’ercharged with burthen of mine own love’s might.
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And dumb presagers of my speaking breast;
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