Sonnets

Sonnet 150

O from what power this powerful might,
With insufficiency my heart to sway,
To make me give the lie to my true sight,
And swear that brightness not grace the day?
this becoming of things ill,
That in the very refuse of deeds,
There is such strength and warrantise of skill,
That in my mind worst all best exceeds?
Who taught how to make me love more,
The more I hear and see just cause of hate?
O though I love what others do abhor,
With others not abhor my state.
If unworthiness raised love in me,
More worthy I to be beloved of .

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