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Astrophel and Stella - Sonnet LXXXII

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Nymph of the garden where all beauties be,     Beauties which do in excellencie passe     His who till death lookt in a watrie glasse,     Or hers whom nakd the Troian boy did see;     Sweet-gard'n-nymph, which keepes the Cherrie-tree     Whose fruit doth farre the Hesperian tast surpasse,     Most sweet-faire, most faire-sweete, do not, alas,     From comming neare those Cherries banish mee.     For though, full of desire, empty of wit,     Admitted late by your best-graced grace,     I caught at one of them, and hungry bit;     Pardon that fault; once more grant me the place;     And I do sweare, euen by the same delight,     I will but kisse; I neuer more will bite.

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