"Most sacred fyre, that burnest mightily In liuing brests, ykindled first aboue, Emongst th'eternall spheres and lamping sky, And thence pourd into men, which men call Loue."
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Variant in the third edition (1609): — Oh sacred fire, that burnest mightily In liuing brests, ykindled first aboue, Emongst th'eternall spheres & lamping sky, And thẽce pourd into men, which mẽ cal loue. — O sacred fire that burnest mightily In living breasts, ykindled first above Amongst the eternal spheres and lamping sky, And thence poured into men, which men call love.
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