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William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 [1640], Poems: vvritten by Wil. Shake-speare. Gent (Printed... by Tho. Cotes, and are to be sold by Iohn Benson [etc.], London) [word count] [S11600].
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Familiaritie breeds contempt. [Sonnet LII]
So am I as the rich whose blessed key,
Can bring him to his sweet uplocked treasure,
The which he will not ev'ry hower survay,
For blunting the fine point of seldome pleasure,
Therefore are feasts so sollemne and so rare,
Since seldome comming in the long yeare set,
Like stones of worth they thinly placed are,
Or captaine Iewells in the carconet.
So is the time that keepes you as my chest,
Or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hide,
To make some speciall instant speciall blest,
By new unfoulding his imprison'd pride.
  Blessed are you whose worthinesse gives scope,
  Being had to tryumph, being lackt to hope.
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William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 [1640], Poems: vvritten by Wil. Shake-speare. Gent (Printed... by Tho. Cotes, and are to be sold by Iohn Benson [etc.], London) [word count] [S11600].
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