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