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The World - Sonnet

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By day she woos me, soft, exceeding fair:         But all night as the moon so changeth she;         Loathsome and foul with hideous leprosy     And subtle serpents gliding in her hair.     By day she woos me to the outer air,         Ripe fruits, sweet flowers, and full satiety:         But through the night, a beast she grins at me,     A very monster void of love and prayer.     By day she stands a lie: by night she stands         In all the naked horror of the truth     With pushing horns and clawed and clutching hands.     Is this a friend indeed; that I should sell         My soul to her, give her my life and youth,     Till my feet, cloven too, take hold on hell?

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