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CANT. VI. v.
O veil thy heav'nly beauties from my sight!I cannot yet sustain celestial light.
The dazzling lustre of thy eyes controul,
Their pointed glories wound my tender soul;
I cannot yet these sacred transports bear,
Too feeble I, thou too divinely fair.
Return to the gay climes of day again,
Celestial frames thy splendor may sustain;
Acquainted with those bright, those blest extremes,
With stedfast eyes they meet thy glorious beams;
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Lost in the heights of blissful ecstasy;
But, oh! these flights are too sublime for me;
These raptures would my brittle frame destroy,
And overcome me with excessive joy:
Then veil thy heav'nly beauties from my sight,
I cannot yet sustain celestial light.
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