| John Donne (1572–1631). The Poems of John Donne. 1896. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | Witchcraft by a Picture |
| | | I FIX mine eye on thine, and there | |
| Pity my picture burning in thine eye; | |
| My picture drown’d in a transparent tear, | |
| When I look lower I espy; | |
| Hadst thou the wicked skill | 5 |
| By pictures made and marr’d, to kill, | |
| How many ways mightst thou perform thy will? | |
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| But now I’ve drunk thy sweet salt tears, | |
| And though 1 thou pour more, I’ll depart; | |
| My picture vanished, vanish all fears 2 | 10 |
| That I can be endamaged by that art; | |
| Though thou retain of me | |
| One picture more, yet that will be, | |
| Being in thine own heart, from all malice free. | |
| | | Note 1. l. 9, 1669, Although [back] | | Note 2. l. 10. So 1635; 1633, My picture vanish’d, vanish fears 1669, My picture vanish, vanish fears [back] | | |
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