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J.C.; ANAGRAM: 'I CAN BE ANY LOVER', by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: See how the letters of thy name impart
Last Line: So loving less, you love the more.
Subject(s): Love


SEE how the letters of thy name impart
The very whispers of thy heart.
This name came surely out of Adam's mint,
It bears so well thy nature's print.
Woman materia prima doth present,
Is to all forms indifferent,
As pictures do at once with various eyes,
Distinctly view all companies,
With such a steadfast look, that each man would
Swear they did only him behold.
Thus run we in a wheel, where steadfast ground
To fix our footing is not found,
Whilst woman's heart incliningly doth move,
Like twigs to every sigh of Love.
She, who imparts her smiles to more than one,
May many like, but can love none.
The force of all things in contraction lies,
And Love thrives by monopolies.
Those glasses that collect the scatter'd rays
Into one point, a flame can raise:
Straiten the object, you increase love's store;
So loving less, you love the more.





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