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Sonnet 52

          ,      ,         ,            ,       ,
      So am | I as | the rich,| whose^bles|sed key,
            ,          ,         ,          ,       ,        o
      Can bring | him to | his sweet | up-lock|ed treas|ure,
            ,          ,         ,       ,        ,
      The which | he will | not eve|ry hour | survey,
            ,               ,    ,         ,        ,       o
      For blunt|ing the / fine point | of sel|dom pleas|ure.
            ,            ,         ,       ,         ,
      Therefore | are feasts | so sol|emn and | so rare,
             ,       ,                  ,    ,   ,
      Since^sel|dom com|ing in the // long year set,
        T     T    .   T            ,       ,      ,
      Like stones of worth | they thin|ly plac|ed are,
          ,        ,       ,        ,     ,
      Or cap|tain jew|els in | the car|canet.
          ,         ,           ,          ,        ,
      So^is | the time | that keeps | you as | my chest,
          ,        ,    T     T    .    T           ,
      Or as | the war|drobe which the robe | doth^hide,
           ,           ,       ,         ,         ,
      To make | some spec|ial inst|ant spec|ial-blessed,
          ,        ,       ,        ,         ,
      By new | unfold|ing his | impris|oned pride.
         ,           T    T     T   .  T    T     T
      Blessed are | you whose worth|iness gives scope,
       ,       ,         ,         2      ,          ,
      Being | had to | triumph,| being lacked | to hope.

Lines 2 and 4 are hexameter

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