Act I, Scene 126

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• Shakespeare. O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power
  Dost hold Time's fickle glass, his sickle, hour;
  Who hast by waning grown, and therein show'st
  Thy lovers withering as thy sweet self grow'st; 1755
  If Nature, sovereign mistress over wrack,
  As thou goest onwards, still will pluck thee back,
  She keeps thee to this purpose, that her skill
  May time disgrace and wretched minutes kill.
  Yet fear her, O thou minion of her pleasure! 1760
  She may detain, but not still keep, her treasure:
  Her audit, though delay'd, answer'd must be,
  And her quietus is to render thee.
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