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Sonnet 36 - 40

        So 36 -    first and loved, I did not build

        XXXVI

        first and loved, I did not build

        Upon t    mean

        to last, a love set pendulous between

        Sorrohrilled,

        Distrusting every lig seemed to gild

        to overlean

        A finger even. And, though I have grown serene

        And strong si God has willed

        A still reh . . .

        Lest these enclasped hands should never hold,

        tual kiss drop doh

        As an unohe lips being cold.

        And Love, be false! if o keep oh,

        Must lose one joy, by ar foretold.

        So 37 - Pardon, o my soul srong>

        XXXVII

        Pardon, o my soul should make,

        Of all t strong divineness which I know

        For thee, an image only so

        Formed of t to s and break.

        It is t distant years ake

        ty, recoiling h a blow,

        o undergo

        t and dread, and blindly to forsake

        ty of likeness and distort

        t love to a erfeit:

        As if a s,

        o orate,

        S a sculptured porpoise, gills a-snort

        And vibrant tail, emple-gate.

        So 38 - First time    only kissed

        XXXVIII

        First time    only kissed

        te;

        And ever si grew more    and we,

        Sloo ings, quick s O,

        I could not ,

        t first kiss. t

        t, and soughe forehead, and half missed,

        he hair. O beyond meed!

        t he chrism of love, which loves own ,

        itifying sness, did precede.

        third upon my lips was folded down

        In perfect, purple state; since when, indeed,

        I have been proud and said, My love, my own.

        So 39 - Because t t trong>

        XXXIX

        Because t t the grace

        to look this mask of me

        (Against hus blangly

        itrue face,

        tness of lifes race,—

        Because t to see,

        t same souls distrag lethargy,

        tient angel ing for a place

        In the new heavens,—because nor sin nor woe,

        Nods infli, nor deaths neighborhood,

        Nor all o go,

        Nor all wired of all, self-viewed,—

        Not, teach me so

        to pour out gratitude, as t, good!

        So 40 - >

        XL

        Ohis world of ours!

        I    gainsay love, called love forsooth.

        I alked in my early youth,

        And sinot so long back but t the flowers

        till. Mussulmans and Giaours

        t a smile, and h

        For any ooth

        Slips on t if, after frequent showers,

        t so much

        ill turn to e

        Or else to oblivion. But t not such

        A lover, my Beloved! t

        t souls to touch,

        And t soon e.
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