Sonnet LXVII
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Ah! wherefore with infection should he live, | 1
And with his presence grace impiety, | 2
That sin by him advantage should achieve | 3
And lace itself with his society? | 4
Why should false painting imitate his cheek | 5
And steal dead seeing of his living hue? | 6
Why should poor beauty indirectly seek | 7
Roses of shadow, since his rose is true? | 8
Why should he live, now Nature bankrupt is, | 9
Beggar'd of blood to blush through lively veins? | 10
For she hath no exchequer now but his, | 11
And, proud of many, lives upon his gains. | 12
O, him she stores, to show what wealth she had | 13
In days long since, before these last so bad. | 14
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