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Venus and Adonis (Quarto 1, 1593)
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VENVS AND ADONIS.
428O would thou hadst not, or I had no hearing,
429Thy marmaides voice hath done me double wrong,
430I had my lode before, now prest with bearing,
434That inward beautie and inuisible,
435Or were I deafe, thy outward parts would moue
439Say that the sence of feeling were bereft me,
440And that I could not see, nor heare, nor touch,
441And nothing but the verie smell were left me,
442Yet would my loue to thee be still as much,
446Being nourse, and feeder of the other foure,
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