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LOVE AND REVERENCE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I have a mistress, for perfections rare
Last Line: And come unto my courtship as my prayer.
Variant Title(s): A Devout Lover;his Mistress
Subject(s): Love


I HAVE a mistress, for perfections rare
In every eye, but in my thoughts most fair.
Like tapers on the altar shine her eyes;
Her breath is the perfume of sacrifice;
And wheresoe'er my fancy would begin,
Still her perfection lets religion in.
We sit and talk, and kiss away the hours
As chastely as the morning dews kiss flowers:
I touch her, like my beads, with devout care,
And come unto my courtship as my prayer.





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