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A Lecture Upon the Shadow

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John Donne·1572–1631
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TAND still, and I will read to theeA lecture, Love, in Love's philosophy.These three hours that we have spent,Walking here, two shadows wentAlong with us, which we ourselves produc'd.But, now the sun is just above our head,We do those shadows tread,And to brave clearness all things are reduc'd.So whilst our infant loves did grow,Disguises did, and shadows, flowFrom us and our cares; but now 'tis not so. That love hath not attain'd the highest degree,Which is still diligent lest others see. Except our loves at this noon stay,We shall new shadows make the other way.As the first were made to blindOthers, these which come behindWill work upon ourselves, and blind our eyes.If our loves faint, and westerwardly decline,To me thou, falsely, thineAnd I to thee mine actions shall disguise.The morning shadows wear away,But these grow longer all the day;But O! love's day is short, if love decay. Love is a growing, or full constant light,And his short minute, after noon, is night.
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