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And enamour'd do wish, so they might
            But enjoy such a sight,
That they still were to run by her side,
Thorough swords, thorough seas, whither she would ride.

-Ben Johnson (1572-1637),
The Triumph of Charis,
from A Celebration of Charis
in Ten Lyric Pieces







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