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SONNET 44.
[When I more large thy praises foorth shall show]
When I more large thy praises foorth shall show,That all the world thy beauty shall admire,
Desiring that most sacred Nimph to know
Which hath the sheapherds fancie set on fire,
Till then my deere let these thine eies content,
Till then faire loue thinke if I merit fauor,
Till then O let thy mercifull assent
Relish my hopes with some comforting sauor,
So shall you adde such courage to my muse,
That she shall clime the steep Parnasaes hill,
That learned Poets shall my deeds peruse
When I from thence obtained haue more skill.
And what I sing shall alwaies be of thee
As long as life or breath remaines in me.
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