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    \dropcap{^W}hen, in disgrace with \+{*F}ortune and men's eye^{s},\\
    \.I a^--{ll} alone beweep my outca\++{st} \ ^{st}ate,\\
    And trouble deaf heaven with my bootle^--{ss} cries,\\
    \+And look upon myself, and curse my fate,\\
    Wishing me like to one more ri^{ch} in ^-{h}ope,\\
    Featured like him, like him with ^{f}riends posse^--{st},\\
    Desiring this man's ar^---{t} and that man's sco^---{p}e,\\
    \+With what I most enjoy contented least;\\
    Yet in these thoughts myself almost de^--{sp}{\i}sing---\\
    Haply I think on ^{th}ee: and then my \+++{st}ate,\\
    Like to the \+Lark at break of day arisin{\wordbounds^g}\\
    \+From su^-{ll}en earth, sings hymns at \++Heaven's gate;\\[6pt]
    \quad ^For ^{th}y sweet \ \ \ 
      {\wordbounds^--l}ove rememb'red suc^-{h} weal^{th} brings\\
    \quad ^{Th}at t^-{h}en \++++{*I} scorn to ^{ch}ange my ^-{st}ate 
      with ^-{*K}ings.\\
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