Iwent to seek a many-coloured soul,
But here all colours burn into one white
And are invisible as light;
I sought the parts, and I have found the whole
In this calm, secretless,
Passionate, meditative, and austere
Refusal of perfection to appear
More like perfection, clothed in some excess.
(Arthur Symons)
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