Against that time, if ever that time come, <br />When I shall see thee frown on my defects, <br />When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum, <br />Called to that audit by advised respects; <br />Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass, <br />And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye, <br />When love, converted from the thing it was, <br />Shall reasons find of settled gravity— <br />Against that time do I ensconce me here <br />Within the knowledge of mine own desart, <br />And this my hand, against myself uprear, <br />To guard the lawful reasons on thy part. <br /> To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws, <br /> Since why to love I can allege no cause.<br /><br />William Shakespeare<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-49-against-that-time-if-ever-that-time-co/
