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04-10-2009, 02:10 AM
Sonnet #4
IV.br /br /Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spendbr /Upon thyself thy beauty's legacy?br /Nature's bequest gives nothing but doth lend,br /And being frank she lends to those are free.br /Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abusebr /The bounteous largess given thee to give?br /Profitless usurer, why dost thou usebr /So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?br /For having traffic with thyself alone,br /Thou of thyself thy sweet self dost deceive.br /Then how, when nature calls thee to be gone,br /What acceptable audit canst thou leave?br /Thy unused beauty must be tomb'd with thee,br /Which, used, lives th' executor to be.
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IV.br /br /Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spendbr /Upon thyself thy beauty's legacy?br /Nature's bequest gives nothing but doth lend,br /And being frank she lends to those are free.br /Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abusebr /The bounteous largess given thee to give?br /Profitless usurer, why dost thou usebr /So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?br /For having traffic with thyself alone,br /Thou of thyself thy sweet self dost deceive.br /Then how, when nature calls thee to be gone,br /What acceptable audit canst thou leave?br /Thy unused beauty must be tomb'd with thee,br /Which, used, lives th' executor to be.
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