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When I | consid|er eve|ry thing | that grows
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Holds in per|fection | but a | little | moment.
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That this^/huge stage | present|eth nought | but
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Whereon | the stars in | secret | influence
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When I | perceive | that men | as plants |
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Cheered and | checked ev/en by the | self-same
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Vaunt in | their youth|ful sap,| at height |
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And wear | their brave | state out of mem|ory.
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Then the | conceit | of this | inconst|ant stay,
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Sets you | most rich in youth | before | my sight,
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Where waste|ful Time | debat|eth with | decay
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To change | your day | of youth | to sul|lied
night,
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And all | in war | with Time | for love | of you
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As he | takes^from | you, I | engraft | you new.