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Her that dares be What these lines wish to see;I seek no further, it is She.
’Tis She, and here Lo! I unclothe and clear My wishes’ cloudy character.
Such worth as this is Shall fix my flying wishes, And determine them to kisses.
Let her full glory, My fancies, fly before ye; Be ye my fictions: — but her story. R. Crashaw


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THE GREAT ADVENTURER

Over the mountains And over the waves. Under the fountains And under the graves; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey; Over rocks that are steepest Love will find out the way.
Where there is no place For the glow-worm to lie; Where there is no space For receipt of a fly; Where the midge dares not venture Lest herself fast she lay; If love come, he will enter And soon find out his way.
You may esteem him A child for his might; Or you may deem him A coward from his flight;
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