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L. STRENGTH AND SWEETNESS
True love is very strong; yet love is very tender.—
Just as the breeze to which the sea-waves' crests surrender
First o'er the sea-waste goes
Exulting in its strength: then seeks the garden bowers
And mixes with the dreams of even the softest flowers
And adds new beauty to the red-cheeked rose.
Just as the breeze to which the sea-waves' crests surrender
First o'er the sea-waste goes
Exulting in its strength: then seeks the garden bowers
And mixes with the dreams of even the softest flowers
And adds new beauty to the red-cheeked rose.
True love is very strong; yet is it full of sweetness.
Strength gives it grace, and grace adds to its full completeness
Of power and force of wing.
Sweetness and strength are one,—divinely, purely blended
In love; in love that through the golden stars descended
With thee, and gave me strength of soul to sing.
Strength gives it grace, and grace adds to its full completeness
Of power and force of wing.
Sweetness and strength are one,—divinely, purely blended
In love; in love that through the golden stars descended
With thee, and gave me strength of soul to sing.
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