Zophiel. Stanzas

To meet a friendship such as mine     Such feelings must thy heart refine     As seldom mortal mind gives birth,     'Tis love, without a stain of earth,                                             Fratello del mio cor.     Tho' friendship be its earthly name     All pure, from highest heaven, it came     'Tis never felt for more than one,     And scorns to dwell with Venus' son                                             Fratello del mio cor.     Him let it view not, or it flies     Like tender hues of morning-skies,     Or morn's sweet flower, of purple glow.     When sunny beams too ardent grow                                             Fratello del mio cor.     It's food is looks, its nectar, sighs,     Its couch the lip, its throne the eyes     The soul its breath; and so possest,     Heaven's raptures reign in mortal breast.                                             Fratello del mio cor.