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William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare: Poems. 1914.
“But do thy worst to steal thyself away”
Sonnet XCII
BUT do thy worst to steal thyself away |
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For term of life thou art assured mine; |
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And life no longer than thy love will stay, |
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For it depends upon that love of thine. |
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Then need I not to fear the worst of wrongs, |
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When in the least of them my life hath end. |
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I see a better state to me belongs |
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Than that which on thy humour doth depend: |
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Thou canst not vex me with inconstant mind, |
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Since that my life on thy revolt doth lie. |
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O! what a happy title do I find, |
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Happy to have thy love, happy to die: |
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But what ’s so blessed-fair that fears no blot? |
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Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not. |
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