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And innocently mayeſt thou indulge the deſires which Nature ſo potently provokes; for ſee! the trees are overcharged with fruit; the bending branches ſeem to ſupplicate for relief; the mature orange, the ripe apple, the mellow peach invoke thee, as it were, to ſave them from falling to the ground, from dropping into corruption. They will ſmile in thy hand; and, blooming as the roſy witchcraft of thy bride, they will ſue thee to preſs them to thy lips; in thy mouth they will melt not
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