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Sonnet 56

        T     T    . T          ,      T  .  T    T
      Sweet love, renew | thy force;| be it not said
            ,             ,       ,         ,     ,
      Thy edge | should blunt|er be | than^ap|petite,
             ,       ,         ,       ,        ,
      Which^but | today | by feed|ing is | allayed,
         ,        ,         ,        ,        ,
      Tomor|row sharp|ened in | his form|er might:
           ,         ,         ,        ,            ,
      So love | be thou,| although | today | thou* fill
            ,       ,      x       2         ,          ,
      Thy hung|ry eyes, | even till they | wink with | fullness,
         ,       ,       ,         ,         ,
      Tomor|row see | again,| and do | not kill
             x          ,      ,   2     ,  2     ,
      The spirit | of love,| with a per|petual | dullness.
       ,          ,   ,   2              ,       ,
      Let this | sad int/erim like*| the o|cean be
              ,           ,            ,         ,       ,
      Which parts | the shore,| where two | contract|ed new
        ,   ,                ,             ,          ,
      Come dai/ly to | the banks, | that when | they see
          ,         ,            ,           ,         ,
      Return | of love,| more blessed | may be | the view;
           ,          x       T     Tx    T         ,
      As call | it winter,| which being full | of care,
             ,         ,           ,              ,            ,
      Makes^sum|mer's wel|come, thrice | more* wished,| more^rare.

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