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EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 26. PLATONIC LOVE by PHILIP AYRES

First Line: DULL FOOLS THAT WILL BEGIN A FORMAL SIEGE
Last Line: WHEN 'TIS BUT 'KNOCK AT GATE AND ENTER IN.'
Subject(s): LOVE;
DULL fools that will begin a formal siege,
Intrench, attack, yet never wish to win,
And vainly thus to linger out your age
When 'tis but 'knock at gate and enter in.'



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