1 Against that time, if ever that time come,
2 When I shall see thee frown on my defects,
3 When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,
4 Call'd to that audit by advised respects;
5 Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass
6 And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye,
7 When love, converted from the thing it was,
8 Shall reasons find of settled gravity,—
9 Against that time do I ensconce me here
10 Within the knowledge of mine own desert,
11 And this my hand against myself uprear,
12 To guard the lawful reasons on thy part:
13 To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws,
14 Since why to love I can allege no cause.
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