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{{quote|Yet I would not have all yet. |
{{quote|Yet I would not have all yet. |
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He that hath all can have no more ; |
He that hath all can have no more ; |
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And since my love doth every day admit |
And since my love doth every day admit |
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New growth, thou shouldst have new rewards in store ; |
New growth, thou shouldst have new rewards in store ; |
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Thou canst not every day give me thy heart, |
Thou canst not every day give me thy heart, |
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If thou canst give it, then thou never gavest it ;|"Lovers' Infiniteness"}} |
If thou canst give it, then thou never gavest it ;|"Lovers' Infiniteness"}} |
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{{quote|O stay, three lives in one flea spare, |
{{quote|O stay, three lives in one flea spare, |
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Where we almost, yea, more than married are. |
Where we almost, yea, more than married are. |
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This flea is you and I, and this |
This flea is you and I, and this |
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Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is. |
Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is. |
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Though parents grudge, and you, we're met, |
Though parents grudge, and you, we're met, |
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And cloister'd in these living walls of jet. |
And cloister'd in these living walls of jet. |
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Though use make you apt to kill me, |
Though use make you apt to kill me, |
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Let not to that self-murder added be, |
Let not to that self-murder added be, |
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And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.|"The Flea"}} |
And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.|"The Flea"}} |
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{{quote|FOR God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love ; |
{{quote|FOR God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love ; |
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Or chide my palsy, or my gout;|"The Cannonization"}} |
Or chide my palsy, or my gout;|"The Cannonization"}} |
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{{quote|I am two fools, I know, |
{{quote|I am two fools, I know, |
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For loving, and for saying so |
For loving, and for saying so |
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In whining poetry ;|"The Triple Fool"}} |
In whining poetry ;|"The Triple Fool"}} |
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{{quote|BEFORE I sigh my last gasp, let me breathe, |
{{quote|BEFORE I sigh my last gasp, let me breathe, |
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Great Love, some legacies ; I here bequeath |
Great Love, some legacies ; I here bequeath |
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Mine eyes to Argus, if mine eyes can see ; |
Mine eyes to Argus, if mine eyes can see ; |
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If they be blind, then, Love, I give them thee ;|"The Will"}} |
If they be blind, then, Love, I give them thee ;|"The Will"}} |
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{{quote|Death, be not proud, though some have called thee |
{{quote|Death, be not proud, though some have called thee |
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Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ;|"Holy Sonnet X"}} |
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ;|"Holy Sonnet X"}} |
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