That subtle knot which makes us man So must pure lovers' souls descend T' affections, and to faculties, Which sense may reach and apprehend, Else a great Prince in prison lies.
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Love was as subtly caught, as a disease But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.John Donne
And what is so intricate, so entangling as death Who ever got out of a winding sheet.
John Donne
And dare love that, and say so too, And forget the He and She.
John Donne
Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's.
John Donne
Who ever loves, if he do not propose The right true end of love, he's one that goes To sea for nothing but to make him sick.
John Donne
If that be simply perfectest
Which can by no way be exprest
But Negatives, my love is so.
John Donne
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