My eyes are nothing like the sun

[patc7641]

Does anyone know where this line comes from? Not sure if it is literature or music.

[Zen]

Possibly you mean ?

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130)
by William Shakespeare

[Narolines]

Are you thinking of "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"? It's the first line of a Shakespeare sonnet, though I can't offhand remember what number. I can't recall all of it, but it begins something like:

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun,

Coral is far more red than her lips' red;

If snow be white, why then, her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head

It goes on to say how ordinary she looks but how much he loves her because of who she is, not what she looks like.

[Narolines]

Thanks for the number, Zen! Two minds with but a single answer!

[patc7641]

Thanks Zen and Narolines, it could be that, not sure though. I think it was a line Sting quoted in an interview years ago.

[Zen]

Nothing Like The Sun - Sting

Artist: Sting / Release Date: 1998 / Genre: Pop & Rock

Also the title of a Sting album.

[patc7641]

Is the line a back handed compliment then to his mistress?? Or is it a declaration??