So mighty is the beauty that doth woo,

So vast the joy that love from love hath won.

God’s love to win is easy, for He loveth

Desire’s fair attitude, nor strictly weighs

The broken thing, but all alike approveth

Which love hath aim’d at Him: that is heaven’s praise:

And if we look for any praise on earth,

’Tis in man’s love: all else is nothing worth.

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O flesh and blood, comrade to tragic pain