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Sonnet 58

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

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