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Eye-Service

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Meseems thine eyes are two still-folded lakes     Wherein deep water reflects the guardian sky,     Searching wherein I see how Heaven is nigh     And our broad Earth at peace. So my Love takes     My soul's thin hands and, chafing them, she makes     My life's blood lusty and my life's hope high     For the strong lips and eyes of Poesy,     To hold the world well squandered for their sakes.     I looked thee full this day: thine unveiled eyes     Rayed their swift-searching magic forth; and then     I felt all strength that love can put in men     Whenas they know that loveliness is wise.     For love can be content with no less prize,     To lift us up beyond our mortal ken.

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"Meseems thine eyes are two still-folded lakes..."

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