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William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare: Poems. 1914.
“Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing”
Sonnet LXXXVII
| FAREWELL! thou art too dear for my possessing |
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| And like enough thou know’st 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 gav’st, thy own worth then not knowing, |
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| Or me, to whom thou gav’st 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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