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How* can | I then | return | in hap|py plight,
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That am | debarred | the ben|efit | of rest?
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When day's | oppres|sion is | not eased | by
night,
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But day | by night | and night | by day |
oppressed,
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And each, | though^en|emies | to eith|er's reign,
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Do^in | consent | shake hands to tor|ture me,
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The one | by toil,| the oth|er to | complain
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How far | I toil,| still farth|er off | from
thee.
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I tell | the day,| to please | him thou | art
bright,
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And dost | him grace | when clouds | do blot | the
heaven:
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So flat|ter I | the swart|-complex|ioned night,
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When spark|ling stars | twire* not | thou gildst
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But^day doth dai|ly draw | my sor|rows long|er,
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And^night doth night|ly make | grief's length
seem | stronger.
Lines 13 and 14 are hexameter.