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  1. Feb 2021
    1. One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally, And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.

      Death is not permanent, rather it is a sleep that leads people to eternal life. Therefore one should not fear death, rather embrace the world currently living in, the moment, and the afterlife.

    2. Call us what you will, wee are made such by love; 20Call her one, mee another flye,

      Love makes people do crazy actions or makes them feel in and over their head. Despite backlash, hate, or disapproval, the love affair is between the lovers, not anyone else. Love has a powerful to make others feel, therefore being called names is one ear out the other.

    3. Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where wee almost, yea more then maryed are. This flea is you and I, and this

      He insists on his beloved to not kill the flee for the flee consists of his life, her life, and the flea's life. He uses the flea, a least likely image that not a reader would consider a comparison, to symbolize love and romance.

    4. I could eclipse and cloud them with a winke, But that I would not lose her sight so long:

      What I love about this line is that he states he could simply escape the sun by closing his eyes, but then he would lose sight of his lover for a moment and he cannot afford that. Even the smallest action of the thought of losing his lover hurts him.