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Fragment: 'When a Lover Clasps His Fairest' - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Fragment: 'When a Lover Clasps His Fairest'

By Percy Bysshe ShelleySource: Percy Bysshe Shelley - PoetryDB (Public Domain)49 words

When a lover clasps his fairest,

Then be our dread sport the rarest.

Their caresses were like the chaff

In the tempest, and be our laugh

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