If Nature, sovereign mistress over wrack,
As thou goest onwards, still will pluck thee back,
She keeps thee to this purpose, that her skill
May Time disgrace, and wretched minutes kill.
(Sonnet 126: O Thou, My Lovely Boy, Who In Thy Power)
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