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The section in bold contains figurative language. Which line is the simile, and what does it compare? "Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,/ Haply I think on thee" compares the poet with the person he is describing. "Haply I think on thee, and then my state" compares the person to the state. "then my state,/ Like to the lark at break of day arising" compares the poet's state to the break of day. "sings hymns at heaven's gate;/ For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings" compares hymns to love.

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