Platonick Love

INDEED I must confess,

When souls mix ‘t is an happiness;

But not complete till bodies too do combine,

And closely as our minds together join:

But half of heaven the souls in glory taste,

Till by love in heaven, at last,

Their bodies too are plac’d.

In thy immortal part

Man, as well as I, thou art;

But something’t is that differs thee and me;

And we must one even in that difference be.

I thee, both as a man and woman, prize;

For a perfect love implies

Love in all capacities.

Can that for true love pass,

When a fair woman courts her glass?

Something unlike must in love’s likeness be;

His wonder is, one, and variety:

For he, whose soul nought but a soul can move,

Does a new Narcissus prove,

And his own image love.

That souls do beauty know,

‘T is to the bodies’ help they owe;

If, when they know ‘t, they straight abuse that trust,

And shut the body from’t, ‘t is as unjust

As if I brought my dearest friend to see

My mistress, and at th’ instant he

Should steal her quite from me.

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• Ольга Седакова – Вьюга by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Всё, и сразу by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Все труды by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Вода-крестьянка by Поэзия На Русском
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• Ольга Седакова – Вечерняя песня by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – В винном отделе by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – В незапамятных зимах by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – В это зыбкое скопленье by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Успение by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Три зеркала by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Три богини by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Только время доходит сюда by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – То в теплом золоте, в широких переплетах by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Старый поэт (Постскриптум) by Поэзия На Русском
• Ольга Седакова – Стансы третьи (Вино и плавание) by Поэзия На Русском

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