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XLIX.
Against that time, if ever that time come,
When I
shall see thee frown on my defects,
When as thy love
hath cast his utmost sum,
Call'd to that audit by
advised respects;
Against that time when thou shalt
strangely pass
And scarcely greet me with that sun
thine eye,
When love, converted from the thing it
was,
Shall reasons find of settled gravity,--
Against that time do I ensconce me here
Within the
knowledge of mine own desert,
And this my hand
against myself uprear,
To guard the lawful reasons on
thy part:
To leave poor me thou hast the strength of
laws,
Since why to love I can allege no cause.
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