[
  {
    "title": "The Prohibition",
    "author": "John Donne",
    "lines": [
      "Take heed of loving me;",
      "At least remember I forbade it thee;",
      "Not that I shall repair my unthrifty waste",
      "Of breath and blood, upon thy sighs and tears,",
      "By being to thee then what to me thou wast;",
      "But so great joy our life at once outwears;",
      "Then, lest thy love by my death frustrate be,",
      "If thou love me, take heed of loving me.",
      "",
      "Take heed of hating me,",
      "Or too much triumph in the victory;",
      "Not that I shall be mine own officer,",
      "And hate with hate again retaliate;",
      "But thou wilt lose the style of conqueror",
      "If I, thy conquest, perish by thy hate;",
      "Then, lest my being nothing lessen thee,",
      "If thou hate me, take heed of hating me.",
      "",
      "Yet, love and hate me too;",
      "So, these extremes shall neither's office do;",
      "Love me, that I may die the gentler way;",
      "Hate me, because thy love is too great for me;",
      "Or let these two themselves, not me, decay;",
      "So shall I live thy stage, not triumph be;",
      "Lest thou thy love and hate and me undo,",
      "To let me live, O love and hate me too."
    ],
    "linecount": "24"
  }
]