Another aspect worthy of note is the way the phrase mine own love's has been used repeatedly; in line 7 the persona speaks of the decay of his love and in the very next line he speaks of its strength. ... 'O, let my books be then the eloquence / And dumb presagers of my speaking breast ' the persona here wishes that his writing be the silent and truthful foreteller of all the love in his heart. ...

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