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 1    1|           The light of light is His beauty heart-ravishing, ~And His
 2    1|         symbols of earthly love and beauty are freely used, yet the
 3    1|           in the love of the Deity.~BEAUTY means the glory of the Beloved.~
 4    1|             Every moment the robber Beauty rises in a different shape,
 5    1|           its veil~The soul-amazing beauty of the Beloved's face."~
 6    1|     separation.~THE CENTRAL TREE OF BEAUTY~All round his garden Mahmūd
 7    I|            again to wine, lamp, and beauty.~
 8    I|           And they, maddened by its beauty,~Are held captive as by
 9    I|          DOWN~THE theatre of Divine beauty is the cheek,~And the down
10    I|      entrance to His holy presence.~Beauty is erased by His cheek,
11   II|                             PART II~BEAUTY~
12   II|           That strange intoxicating beauty of the unseen world~Lurks
13   II|          living,~And the fair child Beauty.~And the Great Soul gives
14   II|                        THE CHARM OF BEAUTY~FROM the unseen world descends~
15   II|             world descends~Heavenly beauty,~And plants its flag in
16   II|              Swayed by the charm of Beauty's fascination.~
17   II|                             EARTHLY BEAUTY~WHENCE the charm of a fair
18   II|            a fair face?~Not earthly beauty only~Can so allure us with
19   II|             issue from the One True Beauty,~For in Divine Perfection
20  III|             To strew the beach with beauty.~Each wave that breaks in
21   VI|            brow on a fair face.~For Beauty absolute reigns over all.~. . .
22  VII|                    WINE, TORCH, AND BEAUTY~TRUTH'S manifestations~Are
23  VII| manifestations~Are wine, torch, and beauty;~Wine and torch are the
24  VII|            shining of the "knower,"~Beauty is concealed from none.~
25  VII|     lamp-shade,~And torch the lamp;~Beauty is the Spirit-light,~So
26  VII|             of that blinding light,~Beauty is the sign of the Divine.~
27   IX|       discarded,~He will unveil His beauty.~ ./. 
28  XII|          face of the idol~With such beauty?~And who becomes an idol-worshipper~
29 XIII|           its veil~The soul-amazing beauty of the Beloved's Face.~
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