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The sentence, "Love you ten years before the Flood," directly contains a Biblical Allusion. This was a story about Noah and his ark where God sent a great flood to wipe out the bad deeds of men and clean off Earth of impurities and start anew. In the poem, the writer is trying to show his love for his mistress that is unstoppable and can go to great lengths.
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.