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ILLUSION by WINIFRED LUCAS

First Line: OH TRUANT FROM THE GATES OF GOLD
Last Line: ITS VOICELESS HARMONIES—TO SING!

OH truant from the gates of gold,
What tongue of man shall answer me
This is not heaven I enfold,
A snakeless Eden that I see,
A perfect paradise I hold,

Where, undismayed of any sting,
The timorous heart of joy may set
Its youngest thought a-wandering,—
Its shivering mortal—to forget,—
Its voiceless harmonies—to sing!



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