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That God | forbid,| that made | me first | your
slave,
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I should | in thought | control | your times | of
pleas|ure,
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Or^at | your hand | the account | of hours | to
crave,
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Being | your vas|sal, bound | to stay | your
leis|ure.
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O let | me suf|fer (be|ing at | your beck)
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The impris|oned ab|sence of | your lib|erty;
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And pat|ience, tame | to suf|ferance, bide | each
check,
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Without | accus|ing you | of in|jury.
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Be where | you list,| your chart|er is / so
strong
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That you | yourself | may priv|ilege | your time
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To what | you will;| to you | it doth | belong
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Yourself | to pard|on of / self-do|ing crime.
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I am | to wait,| though wait|ing so | be hell,
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Not blame | your pleas|ure be | it ill | or well.
Lines 2 and 4 are hexameter.