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of thy heart too cruel I thee tell,

Which hath tormented my young budding age,

And doth, unless your mildness passions quell,

My utter ruin near at hand presage.

Instead of blood which wont was to display

His ruddy red upon my hairless face,

By over-grieving that is fled away,

Pale dying colour there hath taken place.

Those curlèd locks which thou wast wont to twist

Unkempt, unshorn, and out of order been;

Since my disgrace I had of them no list,

Since when these eyes no joyful day have seen

Nor never shall till you renew again

The mutual love which did possess us twain.