Lust for One You Love

Music: Lovely Molly. Sequenced by Barry Taylor at Kunst der Fuge.

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Lust for one you love Is like a garden flower That must be pruned and weeded Before it yields its treasure. Years refine its grace, But only with devotion And much imagination To freshen the familiar. But, ah! what then the freedom That comes alone from giving And knowing that your wishes Will be your lover's pleasure! For in the utmost chamber Lust is quickly sated While love still craves redemption, Ever the lost savior.