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infection: the world's ills enumerated in the preceding sonnet.
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grace: enhance.
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lace: adorn.
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false painting: cosmetics.
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steal dead seeing of: steal a lifeless appearance from.
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poor: inferior; defective. indirectly: imitatively.
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roses of shadow: i.e., cheeks painted the color of roses. true: genuine.
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bankrout: bankrupt.
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she: Nature. exchequer: representative to keep her treasures.
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proud of many, lives upon his gains: i.e., though proud many other beauties, lives only on the increase of his beauty over all other beauties.
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stores: preserves; keeps in reserve.
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last: latest times; i.e., the present.