7/17/2019 SONNET 16

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SONNET 16

But wherefore do not you a mightier way

Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time? And fortify yourself in your decayWith means more blessed than my barrenrhyme?Now stand you on the top of happy hours; And many maiden gardens, yet unset

With irtuous wish would bear your liingflowers,Much liker than your painted counterfeit!"o should the lines of life that life repair,Which this #Time$s pencil, or my pupilpen%,

Neither in inward worth nor outward fair,&an make you lie yourself in eyes ofmen'

To gie away yourself keeps yourselfstill,

 And you must lie, drawn by your ownsweet skill'