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Ben by dove stares what he whizz above Ruth,
Sly rue relieve sure, row I sow he dies,
What he bright blink she hum unneutered Ruth,
Sunburned sin see curled's waltz bubblies.
5 Cuss mainly sinking what he drinks be dung,
Malreaux he shows by craze tar massed tree rest,
Pimply by edit spur pulse-peaking rung:
Don troth rides bus his dimple Ruth confessed.
Slut therefore Pez me lot me his sunbust?
10 Sand therefore may spot sigh what sigh Spam mold?
Glow, dove's rest rabbit fizz tin teeming dust,
Bland sage sin dove doves hot true salve cold.
Wherefore my tie myth stir and he myth she,
Gland twin shower malts try flies free splattered tea.
7. Shakespeare was 35 or younger
when he wrote this sonnet (it first ap-
peared in The Passionate Pilgrim,
1599). "Simply": like a simpleton.
8. Unfaithful.
9. Appearance, deportment.
whenmyloveswearsthatsheismadeoftruth,
Idobelieveher,thoughIknowshelies,
Thatshemightthinkmesomeuntutoredyouth,
Ulearnedintheworld'sfalsesubtleties.
Thusvainlythinkingthatshethinksmeyoung,
Althoughsheknowsmydaysarepastthebest,
SimplyIcreditherfalse-speakingtongue:
Onbothsidesthusissimpletruthsuppressed.
Butwhereforesaysshenotsheisunjust?
AndwhereforesaynotIthatIamold?
Oh,love'sbesthabitisinseemingtrust,
Andageinlovelovesnottohaveyearstold.
ThereforeIliewithherandshewithme,
Andinourfaultsbyliesweflatteredbe.