Now
my charms are all o'erthrown,
And
what strength I have’s mine own,
Which
is most faint.Now, ’tis true,
I
must be here confined by you,
But
release me from my bands
With
the help of your good hands.
Gentle
breath of yours my sails Must fill,
or
else my project fails,
Which
was to please. Now I want
Spirits
to enforce, art to enchant,
And
my ending is despair,
Unless
I be relieved by prayer,
Which
pierces so that it assaults
Mercy
itself and frees all faults.
As
you from crimes would pardoned be,
Let
your indulgence set me free.
-
William Shakespeare, The Tempest
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