Sonnets XCIV: They that have power to hurt and will do none

Sonnets XCIV: They that have p...

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Sonnets XCIV: They that have power to hurt and will do none

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Posted byAlexander Bennett04-Apr-2026

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They that have power to hurt and will do none,

That do not do the thing they most do show,

Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,

Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow:

They rightly do inherit heaven's graces

And husband nature's riches from expense;

They are the lords and owners of their faces,

Others but stewards of their excellence.

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