"My true love hath my heart, and I have his,By just exchange, one for the other given."

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“Come sleep, O sleep, the certain knot of peace,The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe,The poor man’s wealth, the prisoner’s release,The indifferent judge between the high and low.”

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