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What po|tions have | I drunk | of Si|ren tears,
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Distilled | from lim|becks* foul | as hell |
within,
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Apply|ing fears | to hopes,| and hopes | to
fears,
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Still^los|ing when | I saw | myself | to win?
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What wretch|ed er|rors hath | my heart |
commit|ted,
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Whilst^it | hath thought | itself | so bles|sed
nev|er?
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How have | mine^eyes | out^of | their spheres |
been fit|ted,
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In the | distrac|tion of | this mad|ding fev|er?
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O ben|efit | of ill,| now I | find^true
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That bet|ter is | by ev|il still | made bet|ter.
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And ru|ined love | when it | is built | anew
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Grows^fair|er than | at first,| more strong,| far
great|er.
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So I | return | rebuked | to my | content,
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And gain | by ill | thrice^more | than I | have
spent.
*Lines 5–8, 10, and 12 are hexameter