Being your slave, what should I do but tend /
Upon the hours and times of your desire; /
I have no precious time at all to spend, /
Nor services to do, till you require. /
Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour /
Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you, /
Nor think the bitterness of absence sour /
When you have bid your servant once adieu; /
Nor dare I question with my jealous thought /
Where you may be, or your affairs suppose, /
But, like a sad slave, and think of nought /
Save, where you are how happy you make those. /
So true a fool is love that in your will /
Though you do anything, he thinks no ill.
Note: Every English speaking person must experience Shakespeare’s magic, at least once. Enjoy the music, the emotion and the sincerity of his words, the ultimate wordsmith.
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