William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Sonnet CX
Alas! 'tis
true, I have gone here and there,
And made my self a
motley to the view,
Gor'd mine own thoughts,
sold cheap what is most dear,
Made old offences
of affections new;
Most true it is, that
I have look'd on truth
Askance and strangely;
but, by all above,
These blenches gave
my heart another youth,
And worse essays prov'd
thee my best of love.
Now all is done, save
what shall have no end:
Mine appetite I never
more will grind
On newer proof, to
try an older friend,
A god in love, to
whom I am confin'd.
Then give me welcome, next my heaven the best,
Even to thy pure and most most loving breast.
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