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RUIN (1) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: A POWER BEYOND PERFECTION'S DREAM IS THINE
Last Line: RECEDING AS THE FANCY ONWARD GOES.

A POWER beyond Perfection's dream is thine, --
A shadow that the dwindling shape outgrows
Of substance, like a vast horizon-line
Receding as the Fancy onward goes.



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