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07-01-2009, 02:10 AM
Sonnet #39
XXXIX.br /br /O, how thy worth with manners may I sing,br /When thou art all the better part of me?br /What can mine own praise to mine own self bring?br /And what is 't but mine own when I praise thee?br /Even for this let us divided live,br /And our dear love lose name of single one,br /That by this separation I may givebr /That due to thee which thou deservest alone.br /O absence, what a torment wouldst thou prove,br /Were it not thy sour leisure gave sweet leavebr /To entertain the time with thoughts of love,br /Which time and thoughts so sweetly doth deceive,br /And that thou teachest how to make one twain,br /By praising him here who doth hence remain!
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XXXIX.br /br /O, how thy worth with manners may I sing,br /When thou art all the better part of me?br /What can mine own praise to mine own self bring?br /And what is 't but mine own when I praise thee?br /Even for this let us divided live,br /And our dear love lose name of single one,br /That by this separation I may givebr /That due to thee which thou deservest alone.br /O absence, what a torment wouldst thou prove,br /Were it not thy sour leisure gave sweet leavebr /To entertain the time with thoughts of love,br /Which time and thoughts so sweetly doth deceive,br /And that thou teachest how to make one twain,br /By praising him here who doth hence remain!
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