Sonnet CXVII

Accuse me thus: that I have scanted all	1
Wherein I should your great deserts repay,	2
Forgot upon your dearest love to call,	3
Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day;	4
That I have frequent been with unknown minds	5
And given to time your own dear-purchased right	6
That I have hoisted sail to all the winds	7
Which should transport me farthest from your sight.	8
Book both my wilfulness and errors down	9
And on just proof surmise accumulate;	10
Bring me within the level of your frown,	11
But shoot not at me in your waken'd hate;	12
Since my appeal says I did strive to prove	13
The constancy and virtue of your love.	14