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pon his cheek, while thus he lifeful spake. " Peona ! ever have I long'd to slakeMy thirst for the world's praises : nothing base,No merely slumbeix)us phantasm, could unlaceThe stubljom canvas for my voyage prepared —Though now *tis tatter'd ; leaving my bark baredAnd sullenly drifting: yet my higher hopeIs of too wide, too rainbow-lai-ge a scope,To fret at myriads of earthly ^vrecks.Wherein lies happiness ? In that which becksOur I'eady minds to fellowship divine,A fellowship with essence ; till we shine,Full alchemized, and free of space. BeholdThe clear religion of heaven ! FoldA rose-leaf round thy finger's tapemess.And soothe thy lips : hist ! when the airy stressOf music's kiss impregnates the free winds,And with a s^inpatlietic touch unbinds.£olian magic from their lucid wombs :
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