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THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE: BOOK 2. CANTO 3. PRELUDE: A PARADOX by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: TO TRYST LOVE BLINDFOLD GOES, FOR FEAR
Last Line: BEAUTY, THAT LIVES BUT IN THE SIGHT.

To tryst Love blindfold goes, for fear
He should not see, and eyeless night
He chooses still for breathing near
Beauty, that lives but in the sight.



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