Lyrics A Woman's Face - Reprise (Sonnet 20) - Rufus Wainwright
A
woman's
face
with
Nature's
own
hand
painted
Hast
thou,
the
master-mistress
of
my
passion;
A
woman's
gentle
heart,
but
not
acquainted
With
shifting
change,
as
is
false
women's
fashion;
An
eye
more
bright
than
theirs,
less
false
in
rolling,
Gilding
the
object
whereupon
it
gazeth;
A
man
in
hue,
all
hues
in
his
controlling,
Much
steals
men's
eyes
and
women's
souls
amazeth.
And
for
a
woman
wert
thou
first
created;
Till
Nature,
as
she
wrought
thee,
fell
a-doting,
And
by
addition
me
of
thee
defeated,
By
adding
one
thing
to
my
purpose
nothing.
But
since
she
prick'd
thee
out
for
women's
pleasure,
Mine
be
thy
love
and
thy
love's
use
their
treasure.
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