“The

“Themanmanwhose
whoseheartheartisisendeared
endearedto tothe
the
woman
womanhe heloves
loves. .. .. .dreams
dreamsofofher herininthe
the
night,
night, hathhath her her inin his his eye
eye and and
apprehension when he
apprehension when he awakes, museth awakes, museth
on
onher
herasashehesits
sitsatatthethetable,
table,walks
walkswithwith
her when he travels. . . . She
her when he travels. . . . She lies in his lies in his
bosom,
bosom,and andhis hisheart
hearttrusts
trustsininher,
her,which
which
forceth
forceth all
all to
to confess
confess that thatthethe stream
streamofof
his
his affection,
affection, like
like aa mighty
mighty current,
current, runs
runs
with
withfull
fulltide
tideand
andstrength.”
strength.”
Thomas Hooker (1586-1647)