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03-06-2009, 03:10 AM
Sonnet #143
CXLIII.br /br /Lo! as a careful housewife runs to catchbr /One of her feather'd creatures broke away,br /Sets down her babe and makes an swift dispatchbr /In pursuit of the thing she would have stay,br /Whilst her neglected child holds her in chase,br /Cries to catch her whose busy care is bentbr /To follow that which flies before her face,br /Not prizing her poor infant's discontent;br /So runn'st thou after that which flies from thee,br /Whilst I thy babe chase thee afar behind;br /But if thou catch thy hope, turn back to me,br /And play the mother's part, kiss me, be kind:br /So will I pray that thou mayst have thy 'Will,'br /If thou turn back, and my loud crying still.
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CXLIII.br /br /Lo! as a careful housewife runs to catchbr /One of her feather'd creatures broke away,br /Sets down her babe and makes an swift dispatchbr /In pursuit of the thing she would have stay,br /Whilst her neglected child holds her in chase,br /Cries to catch her whose busy care is bentbr /To follow that which flies before her face,br /Not prizing her poor infant's discontent;br /So runn'st thou after that which flies from thee,br /Whilst I thy babe chase thee afar behind;br /But if thou catch thy hope, turn back to me,br /And play the mother's part, kiss me, be kind:br /So will I pray that thou mayst have thy 'Will,'br /If thou turn back, and my loud crying still.
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