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Sonnet 70

             ,           ,            ,        ,        ,
      That thou | art blamed | shall not | be thy | defect,
            ,          ,         ,     ,          ,
      For sland|er's mark | was ev|er yet | the fair;
           ,     ,         ,      ,        ,
      The orn|ament | of beaut|y is | suspect,
          ,           ,          ,         ,        ,
      A crow | that flies | in heav|en's sweet|est air.
           ,         ,      ,         ,            ,
      So thou | be good,| slander | doth but | approve,
              ,           ,        ,       ,          ,
      Their worth | the great|er, be|ing wooed | of time;
           ,        ,          ,         ,           ,
      For cank|er vice | the sweet|est buds | doth^love,
            ,          ,         ,        ,        ,
      And thou | presentst | a pure | unstain|ed prime.
                     ,    ,        ,             ,     ,
      Thou hast / passed by | the am|bush of / young days
       ,        ,        ,          ,         2      ,
      Either | not as|sailed, or | victor | being charged;
            ,           ,         ,        ,          ,
      Yet this | thy praise | cannot | be so | thy praise,
          ,        ,      ,     ,         ,
      To tie | up en|vy, ev|ermore | enlarged,
           ,         ,     .  T     T    T          ,
      If some | suspect | of ill masked not | thy show,
             ,       ,      ,              ,               ,
      Then thou | alone | kingdoms | of hearts | shouldst^owe.

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