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Into thy land of sunlight I have come, / And live within thy presence, as a ray / Of light lives in the brightness of the day; / And find in thee my heaven and my home.
Yet what am I that thou shouldst ope the gate / Of thy most sweet completeness; and should spend / Rich values of thy life on me thy friend, / For which I have no worthy duplicate!
Nay, lady, I no riches have to give; / I have no name of honour, or the pride / Of place, to priv'lege me to sit beside
Thee in thy kingdom, where thy graces live.
Wilt thou not one day whisper, "You have climbed / Beyond your merits; pray you, fall behind"?
Wish thy friend joy of his journey, but pray in secret / that he have no joy, for then may he return quickly to thee.
-- Egyptian Proverb.