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I fix mine eye on thine, and there

   Pity my picture burning in thine eye;

 My picture drowned in a transparent tear

   When I look lower I espy.

     Hadst thou the wicked skill                             5

 By pictures made and marred to kill,

 How many ways mightst thou perform thy will!

 But now I have drunk thy sweet salt tears,

  And though thou pour more I'll depart;

 My picture vanished, vanish fears                           10

  That I can be endamaged by that art.

     Though thou retain of me

 One picture more, yet that will be,

 Being in thine own heart, from all malice free.

ANALYSIS

Considering the title, I expect this poem may speak about something magic and unusual. I imagine that form the word witch.

The protagonist is looking to his lover's eyes, and there he sees himself burning. The verb ‘to burn' is generally associated to fire which  stands for the lady's passion, so the reader asks himself if the poet loves the lady. The word ‘pity' underlines that probably the protagonist feels guilty.

Analyzing the third line: ‘My picture drowned in a transparent tear' the reader could understand that the poet's woman is crying, so, why is she crying? The answer is given in the 9^th line. The lady is desperate and is crying because the protagonist (the poet probably) is leaving her (‘I will depart').

In spite of her grief, sadness...the poet will leave her, and his fear will vanish.