Notes for Shakespeare's Sonnet 79


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2. grace: favor, approval.

3. my gracious numbers are decay'd: i.e., my verses are no longer finding your favor as they used to.

4. give another place: yield its place to another.

5. thy lovely argument: the theme of your loveliness.

6. travail: labor.

7. of: about.

11. afford: offer.