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Sonnet 152

          ,        ,            ,        ,        ,
      In lov|ing thee | thou knowst | I am | forsworn,
            ,          ,          ,         ,          ,        o
      But thou | art twice | forsworn | to me | love^swear|ing;
          ,     .    T   T    T      .   T    T     T
      In act | thy* bed vow broke | and new faith torn,
          ,       ,      ,           ,      ,    ,       .
      In vow|ing new | hate *aft|er new | love bear/ing:
           ,     .  T    T       T        ,       ,          o
      But why | of two oaths' breach | do I | accuse | thee,
           ,     T     Tx    T       ,          ,
      When I | break twenty: I | am per|jured most,
           ,         ,          ,          ,       ,          o
      For all | my vows | are oaths | but^to | misuse | thee:
           ,        ,        ,          ,         ,
      And all | my hon|est faith | in thee | is lost.
          ,          ,       T    T    .  T      T    T   T
      For I | have sworn | deep oaths of thy | deep kindness:
        ,              ,          ,          ,      ,
      Oaths of | thy love,| thy truth,| thy con|stancy,
       ,           ,        ,      T    T   .   T         o
      And to | enlight|en thee,| gave eyes to blind|ness,
          ,            ,         ,           ,           ,
      Or made | them swear | against | the thing | they see;
          ,          ,            ,          ,         ,
      For I | have sworn | thee fair:| more per|jured eye,
           ,         ,           ,          ,       ,
      To swear | against | the truth | so foul | a lie.
 
 
Lines 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11 are hexameter

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