Thine immortality cannot repay
With love more warm than mine
My love. There is a ray[[199]]
In me, which though forbidden yet to shine,
I feel was lighted at thy God’s and mine.[[200]]
It may be hidden long: death and decay
Our mother Eve bequeathed us—but my heart
Defies it: though this life must pass away,
Is that a cause for thee and me to part?
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