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1 How can I then return in happy plight, 2 That am debarr'd the benefit of rest? 3 When day's oppression is not eased by night, 4 But day by night, and night by day, oppress'd? 5 And each, though enemies to either's reign, 6 Do in consent shake hands to torture me; 7 The one by toil, the other to complain 8 How far I toil, still farther off from thee. 9 I tell the day, to please him thou art bright 10 And dost him grace when clouds do blot the heaven: 11 So flatter I the swart-complexion'd night, 12 When sparkling stars twire not thou gild'st the even. 13 But day doth daily draw my sorrows longer 14 And night doth nightly make griefs strength seem stronger.
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