‘Tis opposites entice,
Deformed men ponder grace,
Bright fires, the blanketless—
The lost, Day’s face.
The blind esteem it be
Enough estate to see;
The captive strangles new
For deeming beggars play.
To lack enamour Thee,
Tho’ the Divinity
Be only
Me.
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