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| <BODY><H1>Sonnet CLIII</H1> | |
| <BLOCKQUOTE>Cupid laid by his brand, and fell asleep:<BR> | |
| A maid of Dian's this advantage found,<BR> | |
| And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep<BR> | |
| In a cold valley-fountain of that ground;<BR> | |
| Which borrow'd from this holy fire of Love<BR> | |
| A dateless lively heat, still to endure,<BR> | |
| And grew a seething bath, which yet men prove<BR> | |
| Against strange maladies a sovereign cure.<BR> | |
| But at my mistress' eye Love's brand new-fired,<BR> | |
| The boy for trial needs would touch my breast;<BR> | |
| I, sick withal, the help of bath desired,<BR> | |
| And thither hied, a sad distemper'd guest,<BR> | |
| But found no cure: the bath for my help lies<BR> | |
| Where Cupid got new fire--my mistress' eyes.<BR> | |
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