Sonnet 56

Published: Nov. 10, 2019, 3 p.m.

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Sweet love, renew thy force, be it not said
Thy edge should blunter be than appetite,
Which but to-day by feeding is allay'd,
To-morrow sharp'ned in his former might.
So, love, be thou: although to-day thou fill
Thy hungry eyes even till they wink with fullness,
Tomorrow see again, and do not kill
The spirit of love with a perpetual dullness:
Let this sad int'rim like the ocean be
Which parts the shore, where two contracted new
Come daily to the banks, that when they see
Return of love, more blest may be the view;
\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0As call it winter, which being full of care,
\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0Makes summer's welcome thrice more wish'd, more rare.

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