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Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet LXXIX

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Sweet kisse, thy sweets I faine would sweetly endite,     Which, euen of sweetnesse sweetest sweetner art;     Pleasingst consort, where each sence holds a part;     Which, coupling Doues, guides Venus chariot right.     Best charge, and brauest retrait in Cupids fight;     A double key, which opens to the heart,     Most rich when most riches it impart;     Nest of young ioyes, Schoolemaster of delight,     Teaching the meane at once to take and giue;     The friendly fray, where blowes both wound and heale,     The prettie death, while each in other liue.     Poore hopes first wealth, ostage of promist weale;     Breakfast of loue. But lo, lo, where she is,     Cease we to praise; now pray we for a kisse.

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