The Sonnets XLIX - Against that time, if ever that time come
Against that time, if ever that time come, When I shall see thee frown on my defects, When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum, Calld to that audit by advisd respects; Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass, And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye, When love, converted from the thing it was, Shall reasons find of settled gravity; Against that time do I ensconce me here, Within the knowledge of mine own desert, And this my hand, against my self uprear, To guard the lawful reasons on thy part: To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws, Since why to love I can allege no cause.
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