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A METAPHYSICAL MUSE
What thou lovest in her face
is colour,if her face be painted
on a board or wall, thou wilt
love it.She speaks,smiles and
kisses much. Because it is
painted do you not behold with
pleasure her painted face? Love
her who shows her love to thee,
in this smile , lovely to thee,all
her love forever be,if her face
forever, rests upon thee.
after Donne's Juvenali essays
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When ,she and I become we
True love for us,may not be-
'til I love her,who loves me
This Shakespeare style triplet was inspired by John Donne's phrase in 'Love's Deitie'
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