For earthly pleasure but bars out from Heaven.
Temptation harbored, like a bloody rust
On a bright blade, leaves ugly stains; and lust
Is love's undoing when love's limbs are cast
A commonness to desire that makes unchaste;
And this warm nearness of what should be hid
Makes love a lawless love. But, thou hast bid;—
Rest thou; I love thee, how,—I only know:
But all that love shall shout "out!" at love's foe.'
And turning sighed into my hair; and she