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| SONNET 49 |
| Against that time, if ever that time come, |
| When I shall see thee frown on my defects, |
| When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum, |
| Call'd to that audit by advised respects; |
| Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass |
| And scarcely greet me with that sun thine eye, |
| When love, converted from the thing it was, |
| Shall reasons find of settled gravity,-- |
| Against that time do I ensconce me here |
| Within the knowledge of mine own desert, |
| And this my hand against myself uprear, |
| To guard the lawful reasons on thy part: |
| To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws, |
| Since why to love I can allege no cause. |
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