SONNET 47	PARAPHRASE
Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took,	Between my eyes and heart a pact is made,
And each doth good turns now unto the other:	And they each now do good things for the other:
When that mine eye is famish'd for a look,	When my eyes are starved for a look (at you),
Or heart in love with sighs himself doth smother,	Or my heart smothers itself with sighs,
With my love's picture then my eye doth feast	On my love's picture my eyes do feast
And to the painted banquet bids my heart;	And my eyes call my heart to this beautiful picture;
Another time mine eye is my heart's guest	Another time my eyes are my heart's guests
And in his thoughts of love doth share a part:	And in its thoughts of love do share a part:
So, either by thy picture or my love,	So, either by your picture of my love,
Thyself away art resent still with me;	You are still with me when you are away;
For thou not farther than my thoughts canst move,	For you are not farther than my thoughts can move,
And I am still with them and they with thee;	And I am always with them [my thoughts] as they are with you.
Or, if they sleep, thy picture in my sight	Or, if they are asleep, your picture before my eyes
Awakes my heart to heart's and eye's delight.	Awakens my heart to the pleasures of both the heart and eye.