Sonnet 45
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The other two, slight air and purging fire,
Are both with thee, where ever I abide;
The first my thought, the other my desire,
These present-absent with swift motion slide.
For when these quicker elements are gone
In tender embassy of love to thee,
My life being made of four, with two alone
Sinks down to death, oppress'd with melancholy;
Until live's composition be recured
By those swift messengers return'd from thee,
Who even but now come back again, assured
Of thy fair health, recounting it to me.
\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0This told, I joy, but then no longer glad,
\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0I send them back again and straight grow sad.