That hath not in his sight some grace and favour,
Which angels see: but mortals overlook it,
Being spiritually blind: for which affliction
They have suffered half their shames, and slain the just.
But Love, God’s gift, is spiritual sight;
’Tis the perception, which man lacks of all,
Given him of one, to see as angels see.
This is man’s marriage: and what now I love
Is not, friend, what thou seest,—though thou mayst see
A beauty unparallel’d,—but rather that