Shakespeare's Sonnets Navigator | Summary of Sonnet 49 in the Table of Contents | Notes for Sonnet 49 |
1 Against that time, if ever that time come, 2 When I shall see thee frown on my defects, 3 When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum, 4 Call'd to that audit by advised respects; 5 Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass 6 And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye, 7 When love, converted from the thing it was, 8 Shall reasons find of settled gravity, 9 Against that time do I ensconce me here 10 Within the knowledge of mine own desert, 11 And this my hand against myself uprear, 12 To guard the lawful reasons on thy part: 13 To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws, 14 Since why to love I can allege no cause. |
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