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