William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Sonnet XCII
But do thy
worst to steal thyself away,
For term of life thou
art assured mine;
And life no longer
than thy love will stay,
For it depends upon
that love of thine.
Then need I not to
fear the worst of wrongs,
When in the least
of them my life hath end.
I see a better state
to me belongs
Than that which on
thy humour doth depend:
Thou canst not vex
me with inconstant mind,
Since that my life
on thy revolt doth lie.
O! what a happy title
do I find,
Happy to have thy
love, happy to die!
But what's so blessed-fair that fears no blot?
Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not.
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