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Venus and Adonis (Quarto 1, 1593)
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VENVS AND ADONIS.
404And learne of him I heartily beseech thee,
405To take aduantage on presented ioy,
406Though I were dūbe, yet his proceedings teach thee
411Tis much to borrow, and I will not owe it,
412My loue to loue, is loue, but to disgrace it,
413 For I haue heard, it is a life in death,
414 That laughs and weeps, and all but with a breath.
416Who plucks the bud before one leafe put forth?
418They wither in their prime, proue nothing worth,
419 The colt that's backt and burthend being yong,
422And leaue this idle theame, this bootlesse chat,
423Remoue your siege from my vnyeelding hart,
424To loues allarmes it will not ope the gate,
426 For where a heart is hard they make no battry.
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