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HORAE BEATAE INSCRIPTIO by EZRA POUND

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First Line: HOW WILL THIS BEAUTY, WHEN I AM FAR HENCE
Last Line: TURNED IN THEIR SAPPHIRE TIDE, COME FLOODING O'ER US!

How will this beauty, when I am far hence,
Sweep back upon me and engulf my mind!

How will these hours, when we twain are gray,
Turned in their sapphire tide, come flooding o'er us!



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