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HEN from afar I saw your beauty shine, I thought that my whole life were fitly given, If by such gift I made your beauty mine, If by such loss I gained the highest heaven.

But when I stood beside you, and your eyes Were raised to mine, their brightness all unveiled, The charm had vanished; with a sad surprise I found with nearness all desire had failed.

If you had changed, or I had witless grown, Blind to your beauty, deaf to your sweet speech, I knew not, when as cold as any stone, I turned from all that seemed within my reach.

Now near, nor far, no longer I desire That which of late set all my heart on fire.