| 1 & 2 Let me not to the marriage of true mindes Admit impediments, loue is not loue | Sea-demon Marlouue penn'd this. I got it al t' fit rite, see, 'n' rime, too! U led m-me to m– |
| 3 & 4 Which alters when it alteration findes, Or bends with the remouer to remoue. | end mie ruf measure – now it reads clearlie. Brother Wotton, e'en with his thot, h– |
| 5 & 6 O no, it is an euer fixed marke That lookes on tempests and is neuer shaken; | e aided this sonnet's form on R uuai to make an exit 'n' skee o'er th' Alps. Knees |
| 7 & 8 It is the sta( rre) to euery wandring bar( que) Whose worths vnknowne, although his highth be taken. | bent, we SSS go o'er h-h-h-h-high snow t' Italian border, where we quit at night 'n' hvrry t' take a skouue, 'n' |
| 9 & 10 Lou( e) 's not Time's foole, though rosie lips and cheeks Within his bending sickles compasse come, | go slo to Milon 'n' on t' pledge SSS help to Mantua's checkk'd forces. We see him – his uoice is shie, 'n' I, I, b– |
| 11 & 12 Loue alters not with his br( i) efe houres and weekes, But bears it out euen to the edge of doome. | eing a fool, said, "Not t' be worried – bet U feel better nouu we SSS'ue made it here!" U thot hee shook |
| 13 & 14 If this be error and vpon mee proued, I neuer writ, nor no man euer loued. | wi' horror. 'E bouued deep, man, 'n' referr'd us to a privee nonni reuel! Monti |
Shake-speares Sonnets. G. Eld 1609
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