Love is my
sin and thy dear virtue hate,
Hate of my sin,
grounded on sinful Joving,
0, but with
mine, compare thou thine own
state,
And thou
shalt find it merits not reproving,
Or if it do, not
from those lips of thine,
That have
profaned their scarlet ornament,
And sealed
false bonds of love as oft as mine,
Robbed others
beds, revenues of their rents,
Be it lawful I love
thee as thou lovest those
Whom thine eyes woo
as mine importune thee,
Root pity in
thy heart that when it grows,
Thy pity may
deserve to pitied be,
If thou dost
seek to have what thou dost hide,
By self example
may'st thou be denied.
Note the repetitions of the following words, we
find-thou,
thou, thou, thou, thou, thou, thine, thine, thine, mine,
mine,
mine, thy, thy, thy.
1st and 2nd Lines. Grounded (founded on) hate being the
fact
that his love is sinful.
6th
Line.
" Scarlet ornaments " compare Edward III,
Act 2, Scene 1 = "his cheekes put on their
scarlet Ornaments".
7th
Line
Sealed-with kisses.
13th
Lines. What
thou dost hide-pity.
14th
Line.
May you be refused in accordance with your
own practice.
This sonnet appears to be addressed to Mistress
Fitton.
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