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1823–1896

III.— MARRIAGE INDISSOLUBLE

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

‘ In heaven none marry.’ Grant the most Which may by this dark word be meant, Who shall forbid the eternal boast ‘ I kiss'd, and kiss'd with her consent!’

If here, to Love, past favour is A present boast, delight, and chain, What lacks of honour, bond, and bliss, Where Now and Then are no more twain!

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