Painterly pale glove beside a red rose on dark burgundy velvet.

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Don Pedro

I shall see thee, ere I die, look pale with love.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker confidently predicts seeing the listener become pale with love before the speaker dies. Love is imagined as something that will leave a visible mark, even on someone who might now resist it. The forecast has the force of a teasing challenge.

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