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X.

Parting they seem'd to tread upon the air,

⁠Twin roses by the zephyr blown apart
Only to meet again more close, and share
⁠The inward fragrance of each other's heart.
She, to her chamber gone, a ditty fair
⁠Sang, of delicious love and honey'd dart;
He with light steps went up a western hill,
And bade the sun farewell, and joy'd his fill.80

XI.

All close they met again, before the dusk

⁠Had taken from the stars its pleasant veil,
All close they met, all eyes, before the dusk
⁠Had taken from the stars its pleasant veil,
Close in a bower of hyacinth and musk,
⁠Unknown of any, free from whispering tale.
Ah! better had it been for ever so,
Than idle ears should pleasure in their woe.