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The Sonnets CL - O! from what power hast thou this powerful might

By William Shakespeare

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O! from what power hast thou this powerful might,     With insufficiency my heart to sway?     To make me give the lie to my true sight,     And swear that brightness doth not grace the day?     Whence hast thou this becoming of things ill,     That in the very refuse of thy deeds     There is such strength and warrantise of skill,     That, in my mind, thy worst all best exceeds?     Who taught thee how to make me love thee more,     The more I hear and see just cause of hate?     O! though I love what others do abhor,     With others thou shouldst not abhor my state:     If thy unworthiness raisd love in me,     More worthy I to be belovd of thee.

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About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English playwright and poet widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote 154 sonnets and narrative poems including "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece," alongside 37 plays that remain central to world literature.

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