AGAINST that time,
if ever that time come |
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When I shall see thee frown on my defects, |
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When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum, |
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Calld to that audit by advisd
respects; |
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Against that time when thou shalt strangely
pass, |
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And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine
eye, |
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When love, converted from the thing it was, |
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Shall reasons find of settled gravity; |
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Against that time do I ensconce me here |
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Within the knowledge of mine own desert, |
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And this my hand against myself uprear, |
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To guard the lawful reasons on thy part: |
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To leave poor me thou hast the
strength of laws, |
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Since why to love I can allege
no cause. |
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