Sonnets on Separation IV.
Lovers that drug themselves for ecstasy Seek love too closely in an overdose, When the sweet spasm turns to agony And the quick limbs are still and the eyes close. I too, a fool, desired, to make love strong, Absence and parting but the measure's brimmed, The dose is over-poured, the time's too long Already, though two nights have hardly dimmed My lonely eyes with the elusive sleep. O I'll remember, I'll not wish again To go with ardent limbs into this deep Sea of dejection, this dull mere of pain: We'll love our safer loves upon the shore And quest for inexperienced joys no more.
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"Lovers that drug themselves for ecstasy..."
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