So arise and face me.
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I once pierced the fleshof the wild-deer,now am I afraid to touchthe blue and the gold-veined hyacinths?_ _I will tear the full flowersand the little headsof the grape-hyacinths.I will strip the life from the bulbuntil the ivory layerslie like narcissus petalson the black earth._ _Arise,lest I bend an ash-treeinto a taut bow,and slay--and tearall the roots from the earth._
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