“As in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow,
Surprised I was with sudden heat which made my heart to glow;
And lifting up a fearful eye to view what fire was near,
A pretty babe all burning bright did in the air appear.”
"The Burning Babe", line 1; p. 98.
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Mid-Winter http://poetry.about.com/library/weekly/blrossettichristmas.htm, st. 1 (1872).
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But look'd too near have neither heat nor light.”
Act IV, scene 4. Compare Distance.
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Source: Romeo and Juliet
“I walk, I lift up, I lift up heart, eyes,
Down all that glory in the heavens to glean our Saviour.”
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Section 2 (p. 5; typed by HARLIE in answer to the question [how do you feel, harlie?)]
When HARLIE Was One (1972)