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William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare: Poems. 1914.
“Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not”
Sonnet CXLIX
CANST thou, O cruel! say I love thee not |
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When I against myself with thee partake? |
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Do I not think on thee, when I forgot |
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Am of myself, all tyrant, for thy sake? |
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Who hateth thee that I do call my friend? |
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On whom frown’st thou that I do fawn upon? |
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Nay, if thou lour’st on me, do I not spend |
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Revenge upon myself with present moan? |
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What merit do I in myself respect, |
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That is so proud thy service to despise, |
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When all my best doth worship thy defect, |
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Commanded by the motion of thine eyes? |
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But, love, hate on, for now I know thy mind; |
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Those that can see thou lov’st, and I am blind. |
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