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SONNET XI.
[As is the Sun essential unto spring]
As is the Sun essential unto spring,Wings to the Eagle to sustain his flight,
Or Moon to give enchantment to the night,
So is the presence of the maid I sing
Essential to my being. Powers above,
Presiding o'er the destinies of men;
Reveal in some sweet dream the chaste hour, when
I may presume to breathe 'fore heaven my love.
O happy thought, tho' but of hope the flower!
Methinks I see the purest of her kind
Blushing 'neath fillets that her dark hair bind,
Yielding to me her heart, itself a dower
Richer than any which, in days gone by,
Ev'n Kings to win have prov'd their chivalry.
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