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How can my | muse want sub|ject to | invent,
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While* thou | dost^breathe, | that pourst | into
| my verse
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Thine^own | sweet^arg|ument,| too^ex|cellent
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For eve|ry vul|gar pap|er to | rehearse?
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O* give | thy self | the thanks,| if aught | in me
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Worthy | perus|al stand | against | thy sight;
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For who's | so* dumb | that can|not write | to
thee,
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When thou | thy self | dost^give | invent|ion
light?
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Be thou the | tenth Muse, ten | times more in
worth
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Than those | old^nine | which^rhy|mers in|vocate;
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And he | that calls | on thee,| let him / bring
forth
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Etern|al num|bers to out|live long date.
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If my slight muse | do please | these cur|ious
days,
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The pain | be mine,| but thine | shall be | the
praise.