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Sonnet 153

       ,        ,             ,           ,       ,
      Cupid | laid by | his brand | and fell | asleep:
          ,        ,        ,       ,         ,
      A maid | of Di|an's this | advant|age found,
                  ,    ,         ,          ,        ,
      And his / love-kind|ling fire | did quick|ly steep
               ,   ,        ,        ,           ,
      In a / cold val|ley-fount|ain of | that ground;
             ,          ,          ,      ,         ,
      Which bor|rowed from | this ho|ly fire | of Love,
          ,         ,       ,      ,            ,
      A date|less live|ly heat | still to | endure,
            ,        ,         ,           ,           ,
      And grew | a seeth|ing bath | which yet | men* prove
          ,        ,     ,              ,          ,
      Against | strange mal/adies | a sove|reign cure.
       ,    2      ,          T     T     T            ,
      But at my | mistress'| eye Love's brand | new* fired,
           ,         ,       ,             ,           ,
      The boy | for tri|al needs | would touch | my breast;
          ,         ,         ,         ,        ,
      I sick | withal | the help | of bath | desired,
            ,        ,       ,        ,          ,
      And thith|er hied | a sad | distemp|ered guest,
       .    T    T   T          ,     .   T   T    T
      But found no cure,| the bath | for my help lies
              x      T   T    T        ,           ,
      Where Cupid | got new fire;| my mist|ress' eyes.

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