SONNET XXXIV.

WHEN as I wish, fair LICIA, for a kiss

From those sweet lips, where rose and lilies strive;

Straight do mine Eyes repine at such a bliss,

And seek my Lips thereof for to deprive.

When as I seek to glut mine Eyes by sight;

My Lips repine, and call mine Eyes away.

Thus both contend to have each other's right;

And both conspire to work my full decay.

O force admired, of Beauty in her pride;

In whose each part such strange effects there be,

That all my forces in themselves divide,

And make my senses plainly disagree.

If _all_ were mine, this envy would be gone:

Then grant me _all_, fair Sweet; or grant me none!

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