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15. [Sonnet: On Hope]

You hopes, you Bankerouts of tyme and youth,
You shaddowes which Cephisus sonne did chase,
You fruites which fledd from Tantalus hungry mouth,
Goe hence from mee and take your dwelling place
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With such Camelions as can live on Aire,
With such as buy into there owne disgrace
Thurinus' smoake for good and solid ware.
For me, I rather cherish true dispaire
Then entertaine such hopes as doe betray mee,
For mee, I rather stoupe to such a care
As cutts mee shorte, then such as doth belie mee,
A hopeless life is Arm'd against all paine,
It doubleth greife to hope and not t'obtaine.