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EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 1. THE MARVELLOUS SEED OF LOVE by PHILIP AYRES

Poem Explanation

First Line: STRANGE POWER OF LOVE THUS TO TRANSFORM OUR PARTS
Last Line: SPRUNG FROM LOVE'S SEED, NOT FROM THE BRAIN OF JOVE.
Subject(s): LOVE;
STRANGE power of Love thus to transform our parts!
It gives new souls, and does our wits improve;
Confess hereafter that the Queen of Arts
Sprung from Love's seed, not from the brain of Jove.



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