Shakespeare's Sonnets: For shame deny that thou bear'st love to any

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For shame deny that thou bear'st love to any,Who for thy self art so unprovident.Grant if thou wilt, thou art belov'd of many,But that thou none lov'st is most evident:For thou art so possess't with murd'rous hateThat 'gainst thy self thou stick'st not to conspire,Seeking that beaut'ous roof to ruinateWhich to repair should be thy chief desire:O change thy thought that I may change my mind!Shall hate be fairer lodg'd than gentle love?Be as thy presence is, gracious and kind,Or to thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Make thee an other self for love of me, That beauty still may live in thine or thee.

© William Shakespeare