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The relation may be profaned in many ways. The parties may not regard it with equal sacredness. 'What if the lover should learn that his beloved dealt in incantations and philters! "What if he should hear that she consulted a clairvoyant! Branch and Flower ornament The spell would be instantly broken Branch and Flower ornament Branch and Flower ornament

If to chaffer and higgle are bad in trade, they are much worse in Love. It demands directness as of an arrow.

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.

The lover wants no partiality. He says, "Be so kind as to be just."

"Can'st thou love with thy mind
And reason with thy heart?
Can'st thou be kind,
And from thy darling part?

"Can'st thou range earth, sea and air,
And so meet me everywhere?
Through all events I will pursue thee,
Through all persons I will woo thee"

"I need thy hate as much as thy love. Thou wilt not repel me entirely when thou repellest what is evil in me."

"Indeed, indeed, I can not tell,

Though I ponder on it well,
"Which were easier to state,
All my love or all my hate.
Surely, surely, thou wilt trust me
When I say thou dost disgust me;
O I hate thee with a hate

That would fain annihilate;
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