LXXIX
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NOW love returneth with new grace to me; For why not so, since thou dost come again, And bring fresh flowers of thought upon thy train, That cause my spirit thus in heaven to be? Ah! Couldst thou then but understand and see What holier joys the heart, the soul contain, Than thy poor sense of fleeting flesh could fain, Thou mightest know love to eternity. For as I would endeavor to possess The fulness of love’s wonderful attire, The knowledge of thy spirit is more sweet, For me to hold as mine, than that light dress Encircling it, though filled with beauty’s fire: Thy lovely form, with every charm replete.