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DREAMS OF LIFE: 1, by                    
First Line: O, life of dreams! O, dreams of life
Last Line: The cruel monster drank and died!


O, Life of Dreams! O, Dreams of Life!
Ye mysteries are that breathe and thrill --
In times of peace, in times of strife --
Through all the pulses of our will.

In hours of joy, in hours of pain,
In all of Love, in all of Hate,
We strive t' evade thee, but in vain,
For ye are messengers of Fate!

How vain is man! How passing vain!
The son of Macedon see stride
His day upon the battle plain,
And sate with blood his vaulting pride!

Conquered he all of earth then known,
And for more worlds to conquer sighed!
Then, drunk with crime, Death claimed his own --
The cruel monster drank and died!





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