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Sonnet 26

        ,            ,         ,        ,      ,
      Lord of | my love,| to whom | in vas|salage
           ,       ,        ,       ,        ,
      Thy mer|it hath | my du|ty strong|ly knit,
          ,         ,           ,       ,     ,
      To thee | I send | this writ|ten em|bassage,
          ,        ,      ,         ,        ,
      To wit|ness du|ty, not | to show | my wit:
       ,          ,            ,         ,         ,
      Duty | so great,| which^wit | so poor | as mine
           ,            ,          ,        ,            x
      May make | seem^bare, | in want|ing words | to show it,
            ,        ,           ,         ,         ,
      But that | I hope | some good | conceit | of thine
                 ,       ,           ,        ,          x
      In thy / soul's thought,| all nak|ed, will | bestow it:
             ,     ,      ,            ,         ,       o
      Till^what|soev|er star | that guides | my mov|ing,
         ,     2      ,        ,          T   T  T
      Points on me | gracious|ly with | fair aspect,
            ,       ,      ,       ,         ,      o
      And puts | appar|el on | my tot|tered lov|ing,
           ,        ,       ,         ,         ,
      To show | me worth|y of | thy sweet | respect:
            ,        ,         ,         ,        ,     __
      Then may | I dare | to boast | how I | do love | thee;
             ,          ,         ,            ,      T     T   T
      Till then,| not show | my head | where thou | mayst prove me.

Lines 9, 11, 13, and 14 are hexameter

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