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Sonnet 142

        ,           ,         ,           ,        ,
      Love is | my sin,| and thy | dear* vir|tue hate,
        ,    2      ,      ,            ,        ,
      Hate of my | sin, ground/ed on | sinful | loving:
         ,           ,        ,            ,            ,
      O but | with mine,| compare | thou thine | own* state,
            ,           ,           x      ,       ,
      And thou | shalt find | it merits | not re|proving;
          ,       ,         ,            ,         ,
      Or if | it do,| not from | those^lips | of thine,
             ,         ,             ,       ,     ,
      That have | profaned | their scar|let orn|aments
       .     T     T     T          ,        ,         ,
      And sealed false bonds | of love | as oft | as mine,
         T     Tx      T     ,     ,               ,
      Robbed others' beds'| reve|nues of | their rents.
        2    ,      ,          ,     .   T    T     T
      Be it law|ful I | love^thee | as thou lovst those
             ,           ,         ,            ,    ,
      Whom thine | eyes^woo | as mine | impor/tune thee:
        ,   ,               ,            ,         ,
      Root pi/ty in | thy heart,| that when | it grows,
           ,     ,        ,         ,       ,
      Thy pi|ty may | deserve | to pit|ied be.
           ,           ,         ,           ,           ,
      If thou | dost^seek | to have | what thou | dost^hide,
           ,     ,        ,          ,       ,
      By self|-examp|le mayst | thou be | denied.

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