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Henry Wotton

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Love lodged in a woman's breast
Is but a guest.
--
A Woman's Heart (1651).

 
Henry Wotton

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My spirit longs for Thee,
Within my troubled breast,
Though I unworthy be
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Than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway
Of magic potent over sun and star,
Is Love, though oft to agony distrest,
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