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My love is at the apogee of its flame. The beauty

...My love is at the apogee of its flame. The beauty
of the one who captivates my soul [the Divinity] is complete.
My heart speaks, but my tongue remains mute,
refusing to express my sentiments. Great God! Has one
ever seen aught more strange? I am devoured by thirst,
and before me flows a fresh and limpid draught!
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by Khayyam, Omar


Tis so appalling -- it exhilarates

...'Tis so appalling -- it exhilarates --
So over Horror, it half Captivates --
The Soul stares after it, secure --
A Sepulchre, fears frost, no more --

To scan a Ghost, is faint --
But grappling, conquers it --
How easy, Torment, now --
Suspense kept sawing so --

The Truth, is Bald, and Cold --
But that will hold --
If any are not sure --
We show them -- prayer --
But we, who know,
Stop hoping, now --

Looking at Death,...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily

To The Painter Of An Ill-drawn Picture of Cleone

...ontrol, 
Which to us paints the fair CLEONE's Soul. 
'Tis vain to boast of Rules or labour'd Art; 
I miss the Look that captivates my Heart, 
Attracts my Love, and tender Thoughts inspires; 
Nor can my Breast be warm'd by common Fires; 
Nor can ARDELIA love but where she first admires. 
Like Jupiter's, thy Head was sure in Pain 
When this Virago struggl'd in thy Brain; 
And strange it is, thou hast not made her wield 
A mortal Dart, or penetrating Shield, 
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by Finch, Anne Kingsmill

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