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1564–1616

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William Shakespeare

No more be griev'd at that which thou hast done: Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud: Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun, And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

All men make faults, and even I in this, Authorizing thy trespass with compare, Myself corrupting, salving thy amiss, Excusing thy sins more than thy sins are;

For to thy sensual fault I bring in sense; Thy adverse party is thy advocate, And 'gainst myself a lawful plea commence: Such civil war is in my love and hate,

That I an accessary needs must be, To that sweet thief which sourly robs from me.

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