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Want nothing that the thought of hearts can mend: i.e., lack nothing that a lover's heart could ask for.
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thine own: your due.
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confound: destroy.
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churls: base fellows, villains.
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soil: i.e., ground; basis. The poet is continuing the garden metaphor of "flower" and "weeds." common: low; base. The word "common" implies that the poet's beloved is seeing a lot of other people. A prostitute was called a "commoner" because she was used in common by many men.