We liken love to this and that; our thought
The echo of a deeper being seems:
We kiss, because God once for beauty sought
Within a world of dreams.
(Echoes)
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When for love it was fain ofThe wild heart was chidden,
When the white limbs were clothed
And the beauty was hidden;
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He does not love the bended knees,
The soul made wormlike in His sight,
Within whose heaven are hierarchies
And solar kings and lords of light.
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Have all the gods their cycles run?
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Wert thou betrayed by thine own joy?
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Oh light our life in Babylon, but Babylon has taken wings,
While we are in the calm and proud procession of eternal things.
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You and I of Time are not afraid.
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