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To Emilia Viviani.

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1.     Madonna, wherefore hast thou sent to me     Sweet-basil and mignonette?     Embleming love and health, which never yet     In the same wreath might be.     Alas, and they are wet!     Is it with thy kisses or thy tears?     For never rain or dew     Such fragrance drew     From plant or flower - the very doubt endears     My sadness ever new,     The sighs I breathe, the tears I shed for thee.     2.     Send the stars light, but send not love to me,     In whom love ever made     Health like a heap of embers soon to fade -

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