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1281. Rapture at the very thought and delight at the mere seeing belong not to wine : they belong only unto love.

1282. When love exceedeth even the measure of a palmyra tree, the desire to sulk can never enter the heart even to the extent of a millet seed.

1283. Though he careth not for me and doth only as he pleaseth, my eyes will not rest unless they behold him.

1284. I wanted indeed to go away in a huff, my maid: but my heart forgot it and ran after union with the beloved.

1285. Even as the eye seeth not the blackness of the pencil when it is being painted, even so I see no blemish in my beloved when he is near. Rh