Poems (Hinchman)/Beloved, if Love had not bound my eyes

by Anne Hinchman

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Beloved, if Love had not bound my eyes With this new blindness, if I still could seeAs see those loveless ones that think them wise, What should I say of thee?

Should I then think thy face were not so fair As the bright sweetness of the evening sky?Should I then see thy eyes less brilliant were Than stars that gleam on high?

Nay, Love, my Love, though these things should be so, The eye sees not so truly as the heart;I know thee fair! But thy love's gentle glow Breathes better what thou art.