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Sonnet 83

         ,      ,          ,          ,         ,
      I nev|er saw | that you | did paint|ing need,
            ,         ,          ,         ,        ,
      And there|fore to | your fair | no paint|ing set;
          ,           ,          ,          ,        ,
      I found |(or thought | I found)| you did | exceed
           ,       ,       ,      ,        ,
      The bar|ren tend|er of | a po|et's debt:
            ,          ,        ,          ,        ,
      And there|fore have | I slept | in your | report,
            ,          ,      2    ,         ,            ,
      That you | yourself | being ex|tant* well | might show
           ,       ,        ,            ,          ,
      How far | a mod|ern quill | doth^come | too short,
        ,             ,            ,         ,           ,
      Speaking | of worth,| what worth | in you | doth grow.
            ,        ,        ,         ,        ,
      This sil|ence for | my sin | you did | impute,
              ,          ,        ,      ,       ,
      Which shall | be most | my glo|ry be|ing dumb;
          ,       ,          ,      ,       ,
      For I | impair | not beaut|y be|ing mute,
            ,        ,            ,          ,         ,
      When oth|ers would | give^life,| and bring | a tomb.
              ,       T    T   .  T         ,           ,
      There lives | more life in one | of your | fair^eyes
             ,          ,      ,          ,         ,
      Than both | your po|ets can | in praise | devise.

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