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d travel the globe seeking treasure to prove their love, and they could go beyond time: "I would/ Love you ten years before the Flood:/ And you should if you please refuse/ Till the Conversion of the Jews" (7-10). The poet compares his love to a vegetable which would grow slowly until it covered vast empires of space. Vast amounts of time could be spent on praising each of the lover's attributes.

In the second stanza, however, a change takes place with the word "But" showing a disagreement with the possibilities raised in the fi

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