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Sonnet 91

        ,   ,                  ,       ,               ,
      Some glo/ry in | their birth,| some in | their skill,
        ,                ,       ,              ,        ,
      Some in | their wealth,| some in | their bod|y's force,
        ,              ,                  ,   ,        ,
      Some in | their gar|ments though / new-fang|led ill;
        ,               ,            ,       ,               ,
      Some in | their hawks | and hounds,| some in | their horse,
           ,      ,       ,         ,         ,        o
      And eve|ry hum|or hath | his ad|junct pleas|ure,
            ,        ,        ,       ,          ,
      Wherein | it finds | a joy | above | the rest,
            ,         ,     ,         ,        ,        o
      But these | partic|ulars | are not | my meas|ure,
             ,        ,            ,    ,        ,
      All* these | I bet|ter in / one gene|ral best.
            ,        ,               ,    ,         ,
      Thy love | is bet|ter than / high birth | to me,
       ,               ,       ,             ,           ,
      Richer | than wealth,| prouder | than gar|ments' cost,
           ,        ,            ,          ,       ,
      Of more | delight | than hawks | and hors|es be;
           ,        ,     .  T    T     T         ,
      And hav|ing thee,| of all men's pride | I boast:
        ,             ,       ,           ,            ,
      Wretched | in this | alone,| that thou | mayst take
            ,       ,        ,          ,         ,
      All this | away,| and me | most wretch|ed make.
 
 
*Lines 5 and 7 are hexameter

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