"Sonnet 25" by William Shakespeare

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It seems line 9 has had some alteration over the centuries. Originally the last word was 'worth', but that doesn't rhyme with the last word of line 11 ('quite'), which is apparently the only case of a failed rhyme in all of Shakespeare's sonnets. In the interest of rhyme, some editors have changed 'worth' to 'fight' or 'might', while others have changed 'quite' to 'forth'. The book I'm reading from used 'fight', so that's what you get here.

Let those who are in favour with their stars
Of public honour and proud titles boast,
Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,
Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.
Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread
But as the marigold at the sun's eye,
And in themselves their pride lies buried,
For at a frown they in their glory die.
The painful warrior famoused for fight,
After a thousand victories once foil'd,
Is from the book of honour razed quite,
And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd:
Then happy I, that love and am beloved
Where I may not remove nor be removed.