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How best can I serve thee, my child! My child! / Flesh of my flesh and dear heart of my heart! / Once thou wast within me-I held thee-I fed thee- / By the force of my loving and longing I led thee- / Now we are apart!
I may blind thee with kisses and crush with embracing, / Thy warm mouth in my neck and our arms interlacing; / But here in my body my soul lives alone, / And thou answerest me from a house of thine own,- / That house which I builded!