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My glass shall not persuade me I am old So long as youth and thou are of one date. But when in thee time’s furrows I behold, Then look I death my days should expiate. For all that beauty that doth cover thee Is but the seemly raiment of my heart, Which in thy breast doth live, as thine in me: How can I then be elder than thou art? O therefore, love, be of thyself so wary As I, not for myself, but for thee will, Bearing thy heart, which I will keep so chary As tender nurse her babe from faring ill.      Presume not on thy heart when mine is slain;       Thou gav’st me thine, not to give back again. |
NOTES: Here, the poet expounds on the idea of love as an exchange of hearts. Line 1, glass: mirror. Line 2, are of one date: are the same age. Line 4, look I: I will expect; expiate: come to an end. Line 6, seemly raiment: beautiful clothing. Line 11, chary: carefully, tenderly. Line 13, Presume not on: do not expect to reclaim. |
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