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It's the moment of obstructed desire John Keats described in his Ode on a Grecian Urn. "Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, though winning near the goal yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, for ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!"
— Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)