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 desert, <br />And this my hand, against my self 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-come/
