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Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed… — George Herbert

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Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in, Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning, If I lacked any thing.

George Herbert
1633
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1633
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George Herbert
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Herbert, George. "Love (3)." The Temple. Penguin Classics, 2018, I. 1.
Original citation
Herbert, George. "Love (III)." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, I. 1.

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