William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Sonnet LVIII
That god forbid,
that made me first your slave,
I should in thought
control your times of pleasure,
Or at your hand the
account of hours to crave,
Being your vassal,
bound to stay your leisure!
O! let me suffer,
being at your beck,
The imprison'd absence
of your liberty;
And patience, tame
to sufferance, bide each check,
Without accusing you
of injury.
Be where you list,
your charter is so strong
That you yourself
may privilage your time
To what you will;
to you it doth belong
Yourself to pardon
of self-doing crime.
I am to wait, though waiting so be hell,
Not blame your pleasure be it ill or well.
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