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Sonnet 115

              ,          ,       ,           ,        ,
      Those lines | that I | before | have writ | do lie,
             ,            ,        ,           ,          ,      o
      Eene those | that said | I could | not love | you dear|er:
            ,         ,         ,        ,       ,
      Yet then | my judg|ment knew | no reas|on why
       .   T    T    T             ,              ,    ,       o
      My most full flame | should aft|erwards*/ burn clear|er.
            ,    2     ,           ,          ,     ,
      But reck|oning Time,| whose mil|lioned ac|cidents
        T    T    T       ,           ,         ,         ___
      Creep in 'twixt | vows, and | change de|crees of | kings,
            ,        ,        ,             x          ,
      Tan* sac|red beaut|y, blunt | the sharpest | intents,  ??
          ,       ,     ,                 ,         ,           ,
      Divert | strong minds / to the | course of | alter|ing things;
         ,         ,             ,     ,     ,
      Alas | why fear|ing of / Time's tyr|anny,
            ,         ,          ,        ,          ,
      Might^I | not then | say* now | I love | you best,
           ,        ,        ,       ,       ,
      When I | was cert|ain ore | incert|ainty,
        ,              ,         ,        ,         ,
      Crowning | the pres|ent, doubt|ing of | the rest:
        ,           ,           ,        ,          ,
      Love is | a babe,| then might | I not | say* so
       .   T    T     T          ,            ,            ,
      To give full growth | to that | which still | doth^grow.
 
 
*Lines 2, 4, 6, and 8 are hexameter

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