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A Hymn In Honour Of Beauty - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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A Hymn In Honour Of Beauty

By Edmund SpenserSource: Edmund Spenser - PoetryDB (Public Domain)1935 words

Ah whither, Love, wilt thou now carry me?

What wontless fury dost thou now inspire

Into my feeble breast, too full of thee?

Whilst seeking to aslake thy raging fire,

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