FAREWELL! thou art
too dear for my possessing |
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And like enough thou knowst thy estimate: |
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The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing; |
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My bonds in thee are all determinate. |
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For how do I hold thee but by thy granting? |
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And for that riches where is my deserving? |
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The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, |
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And so my patent back again is swerving. |
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Thyself thou gavst, thy own worth then
not knowing, |
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Or me, to whom thou gavst it, else
mistaking; |
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So thy great gift, upon misprision growing, |
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Comes home again, on better judgment making. |
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Thus have I had thee, as a dream
doth flatter, |
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In sleep a king, but, waking,
no such matter. |
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