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4.
When I beheld the Image of my deare,
With greedy lookes mine eies would that way bend,
Feare, and Desire, did inwardly contend;
Feare to be mark'd, Desire to draw still neere.
With greedy lookes mine eies would that way bend,
Feare, and Desire, did inwardly contend;
Feare to be mark'd, Desire to draw still neere.
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And in my soule a Spirit would appeare,
Which boldnes warranted, and did pretend
To be my Genius; yet I durst not lend,
My eyes in trust, where others seem'd so cleare.
Which boldnes warranted, and did pretend
To be my Genius; yet I durst not lend,
My eyes in trust, where others seem'd so cleare.
Then did I search, from whence this danger rose,
If such vnworthynesse in me did rest,
As my staru'd eyes must not with sight be blest,
When Iealousie her poyson did disclose.
If such vnworthynesse in me did rest,
As my staru'd eyes must not with sight be blest,
When Iealousie her poyson did disclose.
Yet in my heart vnseene of Iealous eye,
The truer Image shall in tryumph lye.
The truer Image shall in tryumph lye.
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