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my dear time's waste: the waste of my precious time (in sighing for things he wanted but couldn't get).
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dateless: endless.
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cancell'd: When a bill is paid in full it is "cancell'd"; the speaker is saying that he has already paid his debt of tears to lost love.
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expense: loss.
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foregone: past.
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heavily: sadly. tell: count.