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The mistake.
When on faire Celia I did spie,
A wounded heart of stone,
The wound had almost made me cry,
Sure this heart was my owne.
A wounded heart of stone,
The wound had almost made me cry,
Sure this heart was my owne.
But when I saw it was enthron'd,
In her celestiall brest:
O then I it no longer own'd,,
For mine was ne're so blest.
In her celestiall brest:
O then I it no longer own'd,,
For mine was ne're so blest.
Yet if in highest heavens doe shine,
Each constant Martyrs heart:
Then shee may well give rest to mine,
That for her sake doth smart.
Each constant Martyrs heart:
Then shee may well give rest to mine,
That for her sake doth smart.
Where seated in so high a blisse,
Though wounded it shall live:
Death enters not in Paradise,
The place free life doth give.
Though wounded it shall live:
Death enters not in Paradise,
The place free life doth give.
Or if the place lesse sacred were,
Did but her saving eye;
Bath my sicke heart in one kind teare,
Then should I never dye.
Did but her saving eye;
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Then should I never dye.
Slight balmes may heale a slighter sore,
No medicine lesse divine,
Can ever hope for to restore,
A wounded heart like mine.
No medicine lesse divine,
Can ever hope for to restore,
A wounded heart like mine.
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