MARVEL of marvels, if I myself shall behold
With mine own eyes my King in His city of gold;
Where the least of lambs is spotless white in the fold,
Where the least and last of saints in spotless white is stoled,
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I took my heart in my hand
(O my love, O my love),
I said: Let me fall or stand,
Let me live or die,
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A linnet in a gilded cage, -
A linnet on a bough, -
In frosty winter one might doubt
Which bird is luckier now.
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I
She gave up beauty in her tender youth,
Gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways;
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THE FLESH
"Sweet, thou art pale."
"More pale to see,
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“Oh Ye, All Ye That Walk in Willowwood”
Two gaz’d into a pool, he gaz’d and she,
Not hand in hand, yet heart in heart, I think
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Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
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"Too late for love, too late for joy,
Too late, too late!
You loitered on the road too long,
You trifled at the gate:
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I, a princess, king-descended, decked with jewels, gilded, drest,
Would rather be a peasant with her baby at her breast,
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‘Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow,
Goodbye, and all in vain,
Never to meet again, my dear -’
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