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Ben Jonson - A Sonnet, to the Noble Lady, the Lady Mary Wroth
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I that have been a lover, and could show it,
   Though not in these, in rhymes not wholly dumb,
   Since I exscribe your sonnets, am become
A better lover, and much better poet.
Nor is my Muse, or I ashamed to owe it
   To those true numerous graces; whereof some
   But charm the senses, others overcome
Both brains and hearts; and mine now best do know it:
For in your verse all Cupid`s armory,
   His flames, his shafts, his quiver, and his bow,
   His very eyes are yours to overthrow.
But then his mother`s sweets you so apply,
   Her joys, her smiles, her loves, as readers take
   For Venus` ceston, every line you make.
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