DID not the heavenly
rhetoric of thine eye, |
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Gainst whom the world could not hold
argument, |
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Persuade my heart to this false perjury? |
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Vows for thee broke deserve not punishment. |
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A woman I forswore; but I will prove, |
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Thou being a goddess, I forswore not thee: |
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My vow was earthly, thou a heavenly love; |
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Thy grace being gaind cures all disgrace
in me. |
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My vow was breath, and breath a vapour is; |
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Then thou, fair sun, that on this earth dost
shine, |
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Exhale this vapour vow; in thee it is: |
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If broken, then it is no fault of mine. |
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If by me broke, what fool is
not so wise |
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To break an oath, to win a paradise? |
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