All the dewy tender breath
Idly falls when life is done
On the starless brow of death.
(The Grey Eros)
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The gods return again.
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That know not what they seek or press,
From whom the lure for ever slips
And fails their phantom tenderness?
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Wiser than they below who dream or sleep?
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I found
How deep the glance of love can wound,
How cruel pity is to hate.
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Let it dwell there, let it rest there, at home in your heart:
Wafted on winds of gold, it is Love itself, the Dove.
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