My Love, thou art my way, my life, my light.
Thou art my way, I wander if thou fly;
Thou art my light, if hid, how blind am I!
Thou art my life, if thou withdraw’st I die.
Thou art my life; if thou but turn away,
My life’s a thousand deaths. Thou art my way;
Without thee, Love, I travel not, but stray.
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