Perceiv'st Fix Today

O me, what eyes hath Love put in my head, Which have no correspondence with true sight! Or, if they have, where is my judgment fled, That censures falsely what they see aright? If that be fair whereon my false eyes dote, What means the world to say it is not so? If it be not, then love doth well denote Love’s eye is not so true as all men’s ‘No.’ How can it? O, how can Love’s eye be true, That is so vexed with watching and with tears? No marvel then, though I mistake my view; The sun itself sees not till heaven clears. O cunning love! with tears thou keep’st me blind, Lest eyes well-seeing thy foul faults should find.

"This thou , which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long." Significance of the Word perceiv'st

In Sonnet 73 , the aging speaker uses a series of metaphors to describe his waning life to a younger beloved. He compares his state to: O me, what eyes hath Love put in

Perception refers to the process by which the brain interprets and organizes sensory information from the environment. It is the way we understand and make sense of the world around us. If it be not, then love doth well

Consider Sonnet 148, where Shakespeare plays with perception and love’s blindness: