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First Line: Tis a child of phansie's getting
Last Line: Tis all in all: without love nothing is.
Subject(s): Love - Nature Of


'TIS a child of phansie's getting,
Brought up between Hope and Fear;
Fed with smiles, grown by uniting
Strong, and so kept by desire.
'Tis a perpetual vestal fire
Never dying,
Whose smoke like incense doth aspire,
Upwards flying.

It is a soft magnetic stone,
Attracting hearts by sympathy,
Binding up close two souls in one,
Both discoursing secretly.
'Tis the true Gordian knot that ties
Yet ne'er unbinds,
Fixing thus two lovers' eyes
As well as minds.

'Tis the sphere's heavenly harmony
Where two skilful hands do strike;
And every sound expressively
Marries sweetly with the like:
'Tis the world's everlasting chain
That all things tied,
And bid them like the fixed wain
Unmoved to bide.

'Tis Nature's law inviolate,
Confirmed by mutual consent
Where two dislike, like, love and hate,
Each to the other's full content:
'Tis the caress of everything;
The turtle dove;
Both birds and beasts do offerings bring
To Mighty Love.

'Tis th' angels' joy: the gods' delight, man's bliss,
'Tis all in all: without Love nothing is.





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