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10-27-2008, 02:10 AM
Sonnet #87
LXXXVII.br /br /Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing,br /And like enough thou know'st thy estimate:br /The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing;br /My bonds in thee are all determinate.br /For how do I hold thee but by thy granting?br /And for that riches where is my deserving?br /The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting,br /And so my patent back again is swerving.br /Thyself thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing,br /Or me, to whom thou gavest it, else mistaking;br /So thy great gift, upon misprision growing,br /Comes home again, on better judgment making.br /Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter,br /In sleep a king, but waking no such matter.
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LXXXVII.br /br /Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing,br /And like enough thou know'st thy estimate:br /The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing;br /My bonds in thee are all determinate.br /For how do I hold thee but by thy granting?br /And for that riches where is my deserving?br /The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting,br /And so my patent back again is swerving.br /Thyself thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing,br /Or me, to whom thou gavest it, else mistaking;br /So thy great gift, upon misprision growing,br /Comes home again, on better judgment making.br /Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter,br /In sleep a king, but waking no such matter.
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