William Shakespeare. 1564-1616
151. Sonnets vii
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118 words

BEING your slave, what should I do but tend Upon the hours and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to do, till you require. Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you, Nor think the bitterness of absence sour When you have bid your servant once adieu; Nor dare I question with my jealous thought Where you may be, or your affairs suppose, But, like a sad slave, stay and think of nought Save, where you are how happy you make those!   So true a fool is love, that in your Will,   Though you do any thing, he thinks no ill.

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William Shakespeare. 1564-1616
152. Sonnets viii
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