Arm’d with bow, shafts, and fire;

Inconstant, like the sea, of whence ’tis born,

Rough, swelling, like a storm.”

True love, however, is an essence, a calmness, a peace.

“Now, true love

No such effects doth prove;

That is an essence far more gentle, fine,

Pure, perfect, nay divine;

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this bears no brands, nor darts,