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06-19-2009, 02:10 AM
Sonnet #34
XXXIV.br /br /Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,br /And make me travel forth without my cloak,br /To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way,br /Hiding thy bravery in their rotten smoke?br /'Tis not enough that through the cloud thou break,br /To dry the rain on my storm-beaten face,br /For no man well of such a salve can speakbr /That heals the wound and cures not the disgrace:br /Nor can thy shame give physic to my grief;br /Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss:br /The offender's sorrow lends but weak reliefbr /To him that bears the strong offence's cross.br /Ah! but those tears are pearl which thy love sheds,br /And they are rich and ransom all ill deeds.
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XXXIV.br /br /Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,br /And make me travel forth without my cloak,br /To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way,br /Hiding thy bravery in their rotten smoke?br /'Tis not enough that through the cloud thou break,br /To dry the rain on my storm-beaten face,br /For no man well of such a salve can speakbr /That heals the wound and cures not the disgrace:br /Nor can thy shame give physic to my grief;br /Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss:br /The offender's sorrow lends but weak reliefbr /To him that bears the strong offence's cross.br /Ah! but those tears are pearl which thy love sheds,br /And they are rich and ransom all ill deeds.
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