Act I, Scene 67

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• Shakespeare. Ah! wherefore with infection should he live, 925
  And with his presence grace impiety,
  That sin by him advantage should achieve
  And lace itself with his society?
  Why should false painting imitate his cheek
  And steal dead seeing of his living hue? 930
  Why should poor beauty indirectly seek
  Roses of shadow, since his rose is true?
  Why should he live, now Nature bankrupt is,
  Beggar'd of blood to blush through lively veins?
  For she hath no exchequer now but his, 935
  And, proud of many, lives upon his gains.
  O, him she stores, to show what wealth she had
  In days long since, before these last so bad.