The serpent heard it flicker
In sleep, and, dreaming still, he crept afar.
(The Witch Of Atlas)
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Depart not as thy shadow came,
Depart not -- lest the grave should be,
Like life and fear, a dark reality.
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Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
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Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong They learn in suffering what they teach in song.
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The dwelling-place
Of insects, beasts, and birds, becomes its spoil
Their food and their retreat for ever gone,
So much of life and joy is lost.
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In dream, and does the mightier world of sleep
Spread far around and inaccessibly
Its circles?
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