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DIVINE DELIGHT by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: DARK, DARK THIS MIND, IF EVER IN VAIN IT ROVE
Last Line: THOUGH ALL ITS ALL LIE BUT 'TWIXT BIRTH AND DEATH.

Dark, dark this mind, if ever in vain it rove
The face of man in search of hope and love;
Or, turning inward from earth's sun and moon,
Spin in cold solitude thought's mazed cocoon.
Fresh hang Time's branches. Hollow in space out-cry
The grave-toned trumpets of Eternity.
'World of divine delight', heart whispereth,
Though all its all lie but 'twixt birth and death.



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