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When most | I wink | then do | mine^eyes | best^see,
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For all | the day | they view |
things^un|respect|ed;
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But when | I sleep,| in dreams | they look | on^thee,
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And dark|ly bright,| are bright | in dark |
direct|ed.
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Then* thou | whose^shad|ow shad|ows doth | make*
bright,
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How would thy | shadow's | form form hap|py show
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To the / clear day | with thy / much clear|er
light,
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When to un|seeing | eyes thy | shade shines so?
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How would |(I say)| mine^eyes | be bles|sed made
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By look|ing on | thee in | the liv|ing day,
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When in / dead night | thy fair | imper|fect
shade
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Through hea|vy sleep | on sight|less eyes | doth^stay?
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All days are nights | to see | till^I | see*
thee,
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And nights bright days | when^dreams | do* show
| thee me.
Lines 2 and 4 are hexameter