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Sonnet 4

           ,       ,      ,           ,           ,
      Unthrif|ty love|liness, | why dost | thou spend
         ,        ,          ,        ,    ,
      Upon | thyself | thy beaut|y's leg|acy?
       ,             ,       ,     ,                   ,
      Nature's | bequest | gives noth/ing but | doth^lend,
           ,       ,           ,          ,           ,
      And be|ing frank | she lends | to those | are free.
        ,     ,           ,                ,        2   ,
      Then, beaut/eous | niggard, | why* dost | thou^abuse
            ,    2         ,   ,       ,         ,
      The bount|eous lar/gess giv|en thee | to give?
       ,           ,  x            T   T    T
      Profit|less us|urer, why*| dost thou use
           ,        ,         ,           ,           ,
      So great | a sum | of sums, | yet canst | not live?
           ,        ,       ,          ,       ,
      For hav|ing traf|fic with | thyself | alone,
            ,        ,          ,       T    T   .  T
      Thou^of | thyself | thy sweet | self dost deceive.
            ,           ,        ,           ,        ,
      Then how, | when na|ture calls | thee to | be gone,
        ,      ,         ,       ,            ,
      What ac|ceptab|le aud|it canst | thou leave?
           ,        ,      ,           ,            ,
      Thy un|used^beaut|y must | be tombed | with thee,
        T     T    T        2   ,    ,       ,
      Which used lives | the exec|utor | to be.

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