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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 better bargain driven:
His heart in me keeps him and me 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.