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Sonnet 15

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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 shows
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      Whereon | the stars in | secret | influence | comment.
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      When I | perceive | that men | as plants | increase,
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      Cheered and | checked ev/en by the | self-same sky,
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      Vaunt in | their youth|ful sap,| at height | decrease,
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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.
 

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