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Sonnet 25

            ,          ,        ,       ,            ,
      Let those | who^are | in fav|or with | their stars
          ,       ,             ,    ,        ,
      Of pub|lic hon|or and / proud tit|les boast,
             ,         ,              ,   ,         ,
      Whilst I | whom for|tune of / such tri|umph bars
       .   T    T   T         ,       ,       ,
      Unlooked-for joy | in that | I hon|or most.
        T     Tx      T                    ,     ,      ,
      Great princes' fav|orites their // fair leaves spread
           ,        ,     ,               ,    ,
      But as | the mar|igold | at the / sun's eye,
           ,          ,              ,           ,    ,
      And in | themselves | their* pride | lies^bur|ied,
           ,       ,           ,          ,      ,
      For at | a frown | they^in | their glo|ry die.
            ,       ,    2   ,      ,         ,
      The pain|ful war|rior fam|oused | for fight,
       ,   2      ,         ,      T    T     T
      After a | thousand | victo|ries once foiled,
           ,          ,        ,      ,       ,
      Is from | the book | of hon|or raz|ed quite,
           ,          ,        ,          ,           ,
      And all | the rest | forgot | for which | he toiled:
            ,     ,          ,         ,       ,
      Then hap|py I,| that love | and am | beloved,
            ,        ,        ,         ,       ,
      Where I | may not | remove | nor be | removed.

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