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When thou shalt be dispos'd to set me light,
And place my merit in the eye of scorn,
Upon thy side, against myself I'll fight,
And prove thee virtuous, though thou art forsworn.
With mine own weakness, being best acquainted,
Upon thy part I can set down a story
Of faults conceal'd, wherein I am attainted;
That thou in losing me shalt win much glory:
And I by this will be a gainer too;
For bending all my loving thoughts on thee,
The injuries that to myself I do,
Doing thee vantage, double-vantage me.
Such is my love, to thee I so belong,
That for thy right, myself will bear all wrong.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-08-12
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Quando verso di me ogni stima avrai perso e il mio valore sarà al disprezzo esposto, combatterò al tuo fianco pure contro me stesso, e, sapendoti spergiuro, dirò che sei onesto. Proprio perché meglio conosco ogni mio peccato, A tuo vantaggio posso raccontare una storia di mie colpe nascoste, di cui mi sono macchiato; e tu, perdendomi, otterrai molta gloria: E anch’io ne riceverò qualche vantaggio; perché, volgendo a te ogni pensiero amoroso, pure facendo verso me stesso oltraggio, il tuo vantaggio mi verrà restituito doppio. Per il mio amore, tuo sono a un punto tale che per il tuo diritto, sopporterò ogni male.
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-16
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