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Michael Drayton - Sonnet L: As in Some Countries

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As in some countries far remote from hence <br />The wretched creature destined to die, <br />Having the judgement due to his offence, <br />By surgeons begg'd, their art on him to try, <br />Which, on the living, work without remorse, <br />First make incision on each mastering vein, <br />Then staunch the bleeding, then trasnpierce the corse, <br />And with their balms recure the wounds again, <br />Then poison and with physic him restore; <br />Not that they fear the hopeless man to kill, <br />But their experience to increase the more; <br />Ev'n so my mistress works upon my ill, <br />By curing me and killing me each hour, <br />Only to show her beauty's sovereign power.<br /><br />Michael Drayton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-l-as-in-some-countries/

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