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As the full moon shining there
To the sun that lighteth her / Am I unto thee for ever, / O my secret glory-giver! / O my light, I am dark but fair, / Black but fair.
Shine, Earth loves thee! And then shine / And be loved through thoughts of mine. / All thy secrets that I treasure / I translate them at my pleasure. / I am crowned with glory of thine. / Thine, not thine.
I make pensive thy delight, / And thy strong gold silver-white. / Though all beauty of nine thou makest, / Yet to earth which thou forsakest / I have made thee fair all night, / Day all night.