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Sonnet 69

         T     T    .   T                  ,     ,           ,
      Those parts of thee | that the / world's eye | doth view
             ,        ,           ,            ,           ,
      Want^noth|ing that | the thought | of hearts | can mend;
             ,            ,      .   T      T    T          ,
      All^tongues |(the voice | of souls) give thee | that due,
       ,  2        T    T     Tx     Tx     T   .   T
      Uttering | bare truth, even | so as foes commend.  ??
           ,         ,          ,          ,           ,
      Thy out|ward thus | with out|ward praise | is crowned,
       .    T     T     T             ,          ,          ,
      But those same tongues | that give | thee so | thine^own,
          ,      ,        ,           ,          ,
      In oth|er ac|cents do | this praise | confound
          ,       ,         ,         ,           ,
      By see|ing farth|er than | the eye | hath shown.
             ,       ,         ,      ,         ,
      They look | into | the beaut|y of | thy mind,
            ,         ,           ,        ,         ,
      And that | in guess | they meas|ure by | thy deeds;
              ,               ,           ,             ,           ,
      Then churls | their thoughts |(although | their eyes | were kind)
       .  T    T    Tx                 ,    ,          ,
      To thy fair flower | add the / rank smell | of weeds:
           ,        ,       ,        ,          ,
      But why | thy o|dor match|eth not | thy show,
            ,         ,           ,          ,        ,
      The soil | is this,| that thou | dost com|mon grow.

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