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Sappho ["Where is that holy fire which verse is said"]



And yet I greiue the lesse, least griefe remoue
My beauty, and make mee vnworthy of thy loue.
Plaies some softe Boy with thee, oh there wants yett
A mvtuall feelinge, which should sweeten itt,
His chin a thorny-hairye vneavenesse
Doth threaten; and some daly change possesse.
Thy body is A naturall Paradise,
In whose selfe vnmanurd, all pleasures lies,
Nor neede perfection, why shouldst thou than
Admitt the tillage of a harsh rough Man?
Menn leaue behinde them that which their sin showes
And are as theefes tract, which rob when it snowes
But of our dalliance, no more signes there are,
Then fishes leaue in streames, or birds in aire:
And betweene vs all sweetness may bee had
All, all that nature yealds, or art cann adde=
My two lips, Eyes, thighes differ from thy two
But soe as thine from one another doe
And oh noe more: The likenes beeinge such
Which should they not alike in all parts touch?
Hand to strange hand, lip, to lip none dennies
Why should they brest to brest or thighs to thighs
Likeness begetts such strange selfe flatterie,
That touchinge my selfe all seemes done to thee
My selfe I embrace, and myne owne hands I kisse
And Amarously thank my selfe for this
Mee in my glasse I call thee; But alasse
When I would kisse, Teares dim myne Eyes and glasse [CW: O c[missing]
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