I would not have the love of lips and eyes,
The ancient ways of love:
But in my heart I built a Paradise,
A nest there for the dove.
(Whom We Worship)
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Point all their passionate love in vain,
And blinded in the joy of being,
Meet only when pain touches pain.
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