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SONNET 32.
[My fixed faith against obliuion fights]
My fixed faith against obliuion fights,And I cannot forget her pretty elfe,
(Although she cruell be vnto my plights)
Yet let me rather cleane forget my selfe,
Then hir sweete name out of my minde should goe,
Which is th' Elixar of my pining soule,
From whence the essence of my life doth floe,
Whose beautie rare my sences all controule,
Themselues most happie euermore accounting,
That such a nymph is Queene of their affection,
With rauisht rage they to the skies are mounting,
Esteeming not their thraldome nor subiection,
But still do ioy amidst their miserie,
With patience bearing loues captiuitie.
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