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A great king made a feast for Love, / And golden was the board and gold / The hundred, wondrous gauds thereof; / Soft lights like roses fell above / Rare dishes exquisite and fine; / In jeweled goblets shone the wine -- / A great king made a feast for Love.
"Yet Love as gladly and full-fed hath fared" / "Upon a broken crust that two have shared;" / "And from scant wine as glorious dreams drawn up" / "Seeing two lovers kissed above the cup."
A great king made for Love's delight / A temple wonderful wherein / Served jeweled priest and acolyte; / There fell no darkness day or night / Since there his highest altar shone / With flaming gems as some white sun, / A temple made for Love's delight.
"Yet Love hath found a temple as complete" / "In some bare attic where two lovers meet;" / "And made his altar by one candle's flame" / "Seeing two lovers burned it in his name."