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Do you know what poem starts out with "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" ? 

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Q: Do you know what poem starts out with "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" ?

A: Did you know that LitFinder can help you look up items by the first or last line?

To begin the search enter the line into the basic search box and make sure that Poems is checked

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You'll see that the first result listed is


SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
Full Text AvailableSONNET: 130

 

If you click that link you'll find that this is indeed the poem that you are looking for. It will even have the first line in bold!