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William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare: Poems. 1914.
“Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault”
Sonnet LXXXIX
| SAY that thou didst forsake me for some fault |
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| And I will comment upon that offence: |
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| Speak of my lameness, and I straight will halt, |
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| Against thy reasons making no defence. |
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| Thou canst not love, disgrace me half so ill, |
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| To set a form upon desired change, |
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| As I ’ll myself disgrace; knowing thy will, |
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| I will acquaintance strangle, and look strange; |
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| Be absent from thy walks; and in my tongue |
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| Thy sweet beloved name no more shall dwell, |
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| Lest I, too much profane, should do it wrong, |
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| And haply of our old acquaintance tell. |
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| For thee, against myself I ’ll vow debate, |
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| For I must ne’er love him whom thou dost hate. |
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