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Canto the Second

CLXXXVII

By length I mean duration; theirs endured
     Heaven knows how long-no doubt they never reckon'd;
And if they had, they could not have secured
     The sum of their sensations to a second:
They had not spoken; but they felt allured,
     As if their souls and lips each other beckon'd,
Which, being join'd, like swarming bees they clung-
Their hearts the flowers from whence the honey sprung.

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824) ByronLong