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Rh From all her words and actions, mixed with love And sweet compliance, which declare unfeigned Union of mind, or in us both one soul; Harmony to behold in wedded pair More grateful than harmonious sound to the ear. Yet these subject not; I to thee disclose What inward thence I feel, not therefore foiled, Who meet with various objects, from the sense Variously representing, yet still free Approve the best, and follow what I approve. To love thou blamest me not, for love thou sayest Leads up to Heaven, is both the way and guide. Bear with me then, if lawful what I ask.— Love not the heavenly Spirits? and how their love Express they? by looks only, or do they mix Irradiance, virtual or immediate touch?"
 * To whom the Angel, with a smile that glowed

Celestial rosy-red, love's proper hue, Answered:—"Let it suffice thee that thou knowest Us happy, and without love no happiness. Whatever pure thou in the body enjoyest— And pure thou wert created—we enjoy In eminence, and obstacle find none Of membrane, joint, or limb, exclusive bars: Easier than air with air, if Spirits embrace, Total they mix, union of pure with pure Desiring, nor restrained conveyance need As flesh to mix with flesh, or soul with soul.—