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06-05-2009, 02:10 AM
Sonnet #28
XXVIII.br /br /How can I then return in happy plight,br /That am debarr'd the benefit of rest?br /When day's oppression is not eased by night,br /But day by night, and night by day, oppress'd?br /And each, though enemies to either's reign,br /Do in consent shake hands to torture me;br /The one by toil, the other to complainbr /How far I toil, still farther off from thee.br /I tell the day, to please them thou art brightbr /And dost him grace when clouds do blot the heaven:br /So flatter I the swart-complexion'd night,br /When sparkling stars twire not thou gild'st the even.br /But day doth daily draw my sorrows longerbr /And night doth nightly make grief's strengthbr /seem stronger.
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XXVIII.br /br /How can I then return in happy plight,br /That am debarr'd the benefit of rest?br /When day's oppression is not eased by night,br /But day by night, and night by day, oppress'd?br /And each, though enemies to either's reign,br /Do in consent shake hands to torture me;br /The one by toil, the other to complainbr /How far I toil, still farther off from thee.br /I tell the day, to please them thou art brightbr /And dost him grace when clouds do blot the heaven:br /So flatter I the swart-complexion'd night,br /When sparkling stars twire not thou gild'st the even.br /But day doth daily draw my sorrows longerbr /And night doth nightly make grief's strengthbr /seem stronger.
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