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11-05-2008, 03:10 AM
Sonnet #91
XCI.br /br /Some glory in their birth, some in their skill,br /Some in their wealth, some in their bodies' force,br /Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill,br /Some in their hawks and hounds, some in their horse;br /And every humour hath his adjunct pleasure,br /Wherein it finds a joy above the rest:br /But these particulars are not my measure;br /All these I better in one general best.br /Thy love is better than high birth to me,br /Richer than wealth, prouder than garments' cost,br /Of more delight than hawks or horses be;br /And having thee, of all men's pride I boast:br /Wretched in this alone, that thou mayst takebr /All this away and me most wretched make.
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XCI.br /br /Some glory in their birth, some in their skill,br /Some in their wealth, some in their bodies' force,br /Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill,br /Some in their hawks and hounds, some in their horse;br /And every humour hath his adjunct pleasure,br /Wherein it finds a joy above the rest:br /But these particulars are not my measure;br /All these I better in one general best.br /Thy love is better than high birth to me,br /Richer than wealth, prouder than garments' cost,br /Of more delight than hawks or horses be;br /And having thee, of all men's pride I boast:br /Wretched in this alone, that thou mayst takebr /All this away and me most wretched make.
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