<h2>XVI</h2>
<p>And yet, because thou overcomest so,<br/>
Because thou art more noble and like a king,<br/>
Thou canst prevail against my fears and fling<br/>
Thy purple round me, till my heart shall grow<br/>
Too close against thine heart henceforth to know<br/>
How it shook when alone. Why, conquering<br/>
May prove as lordly and complete a thing<br/>
In lifting upward, as in crushing low!<br/>
And as a vanquished soldier yields his sword<br/>
To one who lifts him from the bloody earth,<br/>
Even so, Belovëd, I at last record,<br/>
Here ends my strife. If thou invite me forth,<br/>
I rise above abasement at the word.<br/>
Make thy love larger to enlarge my worth!</p>
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