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They that | have power | to hurt,| and will do
none,
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That do | not do | the thing | they most | do*
show,
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Who mov|ing oth|ers, are | themselves | as stone,
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Unmov|ed, cold,| and to | tempta|tion slow:
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They right|ly do | inher|it heav|en's grac|es,
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And hus|band na|ture's rich|es from | expense;
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They are | the lords | and own|ers of | their
fac|es,
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Others, | but stew|ards of | their ex|cellence:
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The sum|mer's flower | is to | the sum|mer sweet,
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Though to | itself, | it on|ly live | and die,
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But if | that flower | with base | infec|tion
meet,
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The bas|est weed | outbraves | his dig|nity:
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For sweet|est things | turn sour/est by | their
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Lilies that | fester | smell far worse | than
weeds.
Lines 5 and 7 are hexameter