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01-14-2009, 03:10 AM
Sonnet #121
CXXI.br /br /'Tis better to be vile than vile esteem'd,br /When not to be receives reproach of being,br /And the just pleasure lost which is so deem'dbr /Not by our feeling but by others' seeing:br /For why should others false adulterate eyesbr /Give salutation to my sportive blood?br /Or on my frailties why are frailer spies,br /Which in their wills count bad what I think good?br /No, I am that I am, and they that levelbr /At my abuses reckon up their own:br /I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel;br /By their rank thoughts my deeds must not be shown;br /Unless this general evil they maintain,br /All men are bad, and in their badness reign.
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CXXI.br /br /'Tis better to be vile than vile esteem'd,br /When not to be receives reproach of being,br /And the just pleasure lost which is so deem'dbr /Not by our feeling but by others' seeing:br /For why should others false adulterate eyesbr /Give salutation to my sportive blood?br /Or on my frailties why are frailer spies,br /Which in their wills count bad what I think good?br /No, I am that I am, and they that levelbr /At my abuses reckon up their own:br /I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel;br /By their rank thoughts my deeds must not be shown;br /Unless this general evil they maintain,br /All men are bad, and in their badness reign.
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