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Sonnet CCXXIV.

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Cara la vita, e dopo lei mi pare.     HONOUR TO BE PREFERRED TO LIFE.         Methinks that life in lovely woman first,     And after life true honour should be dear;     Nay, wanting honour--of all wants the worst--     Friend! nought remains of loved or lovely here.     And who, alas! has honour's barrier burst,     Unsex'd and dead, though fair she yet appear,     Leads a vile life, in shame and torment curst,     A lingering death, where all is dark and drear.     To me no marvel was Lucretia's end,     Save that she needed, when that last disgrace     Alone sufficed to kill, a sword to die.     Sophists in vain the contrary defend:     Their arguments are feeble all and base,     And truth alone triumphant mounts on high!     MACGREGOR.

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