The glow thereof, the pressure and the seal,

As if thy nature, when the deed was done,

Had leapt to mine in lightning-like appeal.

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If debts were paid in full I might require

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More than my kiss. I might, in time, aspire

To some new bond, or re-enact the first.

For once, thou know'st, the love for which I thirst,

The love for which I hunger'd in thy sight,

Was not withheld. I deem'd thee, day and night,

Mine own true mate, and sent thee token flowers

To figure forth the hopes I'd fain indite.

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Is this not so? Canst thou detend, in truth,

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