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William Shakespeare, Sonnet cxlv

Those lips that Love's own hand did make
Breath'd forth the sound that said, "I hate",
To me that languish'd for her sake:
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But when she saw my woeful state,
Straight in her heart did mercy come,
Chiding that tongue, that ever sweet
Was used in giving gentle doom;
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And taught it thus anew to greet:
"I hate" she alter'd with an end,
That follow'd it as gentle day
Doth follow night, who like a fiend
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From heaven to hell is flown away.
"I hate" from hate away she threw,
And sav'd my life, saying -- "not you".