What better than war brings nemesis
Love long, left bereft five chapters after its Genesis
Compelled reticence ushers in self counselled osmosis
Love regretted since angels, women and Giants' metamorphosis, ...
All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand.
Though brave its walls as any in the land,
And its tall turrets lift their heads in grace;
Though skillful and accomplished artists trace
Most beautiful designs on every hand,
And gleaming statues in dim niches stand,
And mountains play in some flow'r-hidden place:
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