Sonnet 49: Against that time, if ever that time come

1Against that time, if ever that time come,

2When I shall see thee frown on my defects,

3When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,

4Call'd to that audit by advis'd respects;

5Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass,

6And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye,

7When love, converted from the thing it was,

8Shall reasons find of settled gravity;

9Against that time do I ensconce me here,

10Within the knowledge of mine own desert,

11And this my hand, against my self uprear,

12To 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.