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She ’tis whose brightness will sustain
Thy spirit though it flag and wane2760
With weariness, and presently
Shalt thou be dowered and blessed with three
Good gifts, whence those may ever get
Ease, who are caught in my sweet net.

Cupid’s three gifts The first of these which solace brings
To those whose hearts endure the stings
Of loving, hight Sweet-Thought, which gives
Blessings untold where Hope still lives.
Whene’er the lover groans and sighs.
As one who ’neath the torture dies,2760
Sweet-Thought steps in to drive away
His grief, and set in bright array
The longed-for joys of her whom^{[errata 1]} he,
Dreameth, through Hope, may one day be
His high reward.
Before his eyes
He sees her thousand graces rise:
The rose-red lips whence fragrant breath
Exhales, like waft from thyme-grown heath;
The laughing eyes, the mignon nose
Of perfect form; his being glows2770
With rapture, while before him pass
Her beauties pictured in the glass
Of memory: o’er and o’er again
Of such sweet solace is he fain,
As dear remembrance of a smile
Or gracious look affords him, while
Recall of some kind welcome given
Transports his soul to highest heaven,

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