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P athetic strains and passionate they wove,
U rgent in ecstasies of heavenly sense;
R esponsive rivalries, that, while they strove,
C ombined in full harmonious suspense,
E ntrancing wild desire, then fell at last
L ull’d in soft closes, and with gay contrast
L aunch’d forth their fresh unwearied excellence.
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Now Psyche, when her twofold feast was o’er,