As a decrepit father takes delight
To see his active child do deeds of youth,
So I, made lame by Fortune's dearest spite,
Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth.
(Sonnet 37: As A Decrepit Father Takes Delight)
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obligation of our ever-preserved love, and by what more dear a
better proposer could charge you withal, be even and direct with
me, whether you were sent for or no.
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It is the very error of the moonShe comes more nearer earth than she was wont,And drives men mad.
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Our griefs, and not our manners, reason now.
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Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid,
My verse alone had all thy gentle grace,
But now my gracious numbers are decayed,
And my sick Muse doth give an other place.
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