THE TRUE LOVE WILL LAST FOREVER

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LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS

ADMITS IMPEDIMENTS. LOVE IS NOT LOVE

WHICH ALTERS WHEN IT ALTERATIONS FINDS

OR BENDS WITH THE REMOVER TO REMOVE

OH, NO! IT IS AN EVER-FIXED MARK

THAT LOOKS ON TEMPEST AND IS NEVER SHAKE

IT IS THE STAR TO EVERY WANDERING BARK

WHOSE WORTHY UNKNOWN, ALTHOUGH HIS HEIGHT BE TAKEN

LOVES NOT TIME'S FOOL, THOUGH LIPS AND CHECKS

WITHIN HIS BENDING SICKLES COMPASS COME

LOVE ALTERS NOT WITH BRIEF HOURS AND WEEKS

BUT BEARS IN OUT EVEN TO THE EDGE OF DOOM

IF THIS BE ERROR, AND UPON ME PROVED

I NEVER WRIT, NOR TO MAN EVER LOVED

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Deborah Motloung, age 19

Northwest Province, South Africa, 2001