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Sonnet. III.
[Mary is black, and taller than the last]
Mary
is black, and taller than the last
Yet equal in perfection and desire,
To the one's melting snow, and t'other's fire,
As with whose black their fairness is defac'd:
Yet equal in perfection and desire,
To the one's melting snow, and t'other's fire,
As with whose black their fairness is defac'd:
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She pants as much for love as th' other two,
But she so vertuous is, or else so wise,
That she will win or will not love a prize,
And but upon good terms will never doe:
But she so vertuous is, or else so wise,
That she will win or will not love a prize,
And but upon good terms will never doe:
Therefore who her will conquer ought to be
At least as full of love and wit as she,
Or he shall ne'er gain favour at her hands:
At least as full of love and wit as she,
Or he shall ne'er gain favour at her hands:
Nay, though he have a pretty store of brains,
Shall only have his labour for his pains,
Unless he offer more than she demands.
Shall only have his labour for his pains,
Unless he offer more than she demands.
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