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LovGrow ["I scarce beleeue my loue to bee soe pure"]

Is mvch too mvch, some fitter mvst bee sought
For nor in nothinge, nor in thinges
Extreame, and scatteringe bright can loue inheritt
Then as an Angell face, and winges
Of aire, not pure as itt, yett pure doth weare
Soe thy loue may bee my loues Sphere
Iust such disparitie
As is twixt aire, and Angells puritie
Twixt womens loue, and Mens will ever bee.|



Loues Growth.

I scarce beleeue my loue to bee soe pure
As I had thought it was,
Because it doth endure
Vicissitude, and season, as the grasse,
Methinkes I lied all Winter when I swore
My loue was Infinite, if Springe makes it more,
But if this Medisigne loue which cures all sorrowe
With more not only bee no quintessence
But mixt of all stuffs payninge Soule or Sence
Loues not soe pure and abstract as they vse
To saie which haue noe Mistresse but their Mvse
But as all else beeinge Elemented too
Loue some tymes would contemplate sometymes doe
And yett no greater, but more eminent
Loue by the Spring is growne
As in the firmament. [CW: Starrs]
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