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Beloved, if Love had not bound my eyes
With this new blindness, if I still could see
As see those loveless ones that think them wise,
What should I say of thee?
With this new blindness, if I still could see
As see those loveless ones that think them wise,
What should I say of thee?
Should I then think thy face were not so fair
As the bright sweetness of the evening sky?
Should I then see thy eyes less brilliant were
Than stars that gleam on high?
As the bright sweetness of the evening sky?
Should I then see thy eyes less brilliant were
Than stars that gleam on high?
Nay, Love, my Love, though these things should be so,
The eye sees not so truly as the heart;
I know thee fair! But thy love's gentle glow
Breathes better what thou art.
The eye sees not so truly as the heart;
I know thee fair! But thy love's gentle glow
Breathes better what thou art.
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