| Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (1824–1897). The Golden Treasury. 1875. |
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| Colonel Lovelace |
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| C. To Lucasta, Going beyond the Seas |
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| IF to be absent were to be | |
| Away from thee; | |
| Or that when I am gone | |
| You or I were alone; | |
| Then, my Lucasta, might I crave | 5 |
| Pity from blustering wind or swallowing wave. | |
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| Though seas and land betwixt us both, | |
| Our faith and troth, | |
| Like separated souls, | |
| All time and space controls: | 10 |
| Above the highest sphere we meet | |
| Unseen, unknown, and greet as Angels greet. | |
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| So then we do anticipate | |
| Our after-fate, | |
| And are alive i' the skies, | 15 |
| If thus our lips and eyes | |
| Can speak like spirits unconfined | |
| In Heaven, their earthy bodies left behind. | |
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