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First Line: And do I see some cause a hope to feed
Last Line: They fled with blush, which guilty seemed of love.
Subject(s): Love; Stars


And do I see some cause a hope to feed,
Or doth the tedious burden of long woe
In weakened minds, quick apprehending breed,
Of every image, which may comfort show?
I cannot brag of word, much less of deed;
Fortune wheels still with me in one sort slow;
My wealth no more, and no whit less my need;
Desire still on the stilts of fear doth go.
And yet amid all fears, a hope there is
Stol'n to my heart, since last fair night, nay day:
Stella's eyes sent to me the beams of bliss,
Looking on me, while I looked other way;
But when mine eyes back to their heaven did move,
They fled with blush, which guilty seemed of love.





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