<h2><SPAN name="page46"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>LOVE’S SUPREMACY</h2>
<p class="poetry">As yon great Sun in his supreme condition<br/>
Absorbs small worlds and makes them all his own,<br/>
So does my love absorb each vain ambition,<br/>
Each outside purpose which my life has known.<br/>
Stars cannot shine so near that vast orb’d splendour;<br/>
They are content to feed his flames of fire:<br/>
And so my heart is satisfied to render<br/>
Its strength, its all, to meet thy strong
desire.</p>
<p class="poetry">As in a forest when dead leaves are falling<br/>
From all save some perennial green tree,<br/>
So one by one I find all pleasures palling<br/>
That are not linked with or enjoyed by thee.<br/>
And all the homage that the world may proffer,<br/>
I take as perfumed oils or incense sweet,<br/>
And think of it as one thing more to offer,<br/>
And sacrifice to Love, at thy dear feet.</p>
<p class="poetry"><SPAN name="page47"></SPAN><span class="pagenum">p.
47</span>I love myself because thou art my lover,<br/>
My name seems dear since uttered by thy voice;<br/>
Yet, argus-eyed, I watch and would discover<br/>
Each blemish in the object of thy choice.<br/>
I coldly sit in judgment on each error,<br/>
To my soul’s gaze I hold each fault of me,<br/>
Until my pride is lost in abject terror,<br/>
Lest I become inadequate to thee.</p>
<p class="poetry">Like some swift-rushing and sea-seeking
river,<br/>
Which gathers force the farther on it goes,<br/>
So does the current of my love forever<br/>
Find added strength and beauty as it flows.<br/>
The more I give, the more remains for giving,<br/>
The more receive, the more remains to win.<br/>
Ah! only in eternities of living<br/>
Will life be long enough to love thee in.</p>
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