Sonnet 16
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But wherefore do not you a mightier way
Make war upon this bloody tyrant Time?
And fortify yourself in your decay
With means more blessed than my barren rhyme?
Now stand you on the top of happy hours,
And many maiden gardens, yet unset,
With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers,
Much liker than your painted counterfeit:
So should the lines of life that life repair
Which this time\\u2019s pencil, or my pupil pen,
Neither in inward worth nor outward fair
Can make you live yourself in eyes of men.
\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 To give away yourself keeps yourself still,
\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 And you must live drawn by your own sweet skill.