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'Why hath thy servant, Opportunity, (933)

Betray'd the hours thou gavest me to repose, (934)

Cancell'd my fortunes, and enchained me (935)

To endless date of never-ending woes? (936)

Time's office is to fine--the hate of foes;
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To eat up errors by opinion bred, (938)

Not spend the dowry of a lawful bed.

William Shakespeare. W. G. Clark. W. Aldis Wright. The Globe Shakespeare. New York. Nelson Doubleday, Inc.

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