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1321. Even if he is free from faults, it is only bouderie that giveth me a taste of his conciliatory grace.

1322. Though the tenderness of the beloved hath to wait a little, there is a charm in the pinprick that we feel in being pettish.

1323. Is there a higher heaven than bouderie, provided that the beloved is one with us, even as the water with the land whereon it floweth ?

1324. In my very quarrel with my beloved lieth the engine that stormeth the defences of my heart.

1325. Even when one is free from faults there is a delight when the arms of the beloved are withdrawn from one's clasp. Rh