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4. my dear time's waste: the waste of my precious time (in sighing for things he wanted but couldn't get).
6. dateless: endless.
7. cancell'd: When a bill is paid in full it is "cancell'd"; the speaker is saying that he has already paid his debt of tears to lost love.
8. expense: loss.
9. foregone: past.
10. heavily: sadly. tell: count.