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MINE eyes were swift to know thee, and my heart / As swift to love. I did become at once / Thine wholly, thine unalterably, thine / In honourable service, pure intent, / Steadfast excess of love and laughing care: / And as she was, so am, and so shall be.
I knew thee helpful, knew thee true, knew thee / And Pity bedfellows: I heard thy talk / With answerable throbbings. On the stream, / Deep, swift, and clear, the lilies floated; fish / Through the shadows ran. There, thou and I / Read Kindness in our eyes and closed the match.