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[00:15.76]There came an image in Life's retinue
[00:22.50]That had Love's wings and bore his gonfalon:
[00:30.79]Fair was the web, and nobly wrought thereon,
[00:39.53]O soul-sequestered face, thy form and hue!
[00:56.72]Bewildering sounds, such as Spring wakens to,
[01:03.59]Shook in its folds; and through my heart its power
[01:09.79]Sped trackless as the immemorable hour
[01:21.40]When birth's dark portal groaned and all was new.
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[01:49.25]But a veiled woman followed, and she caught
[01:57.80]The banner round its staff, to furl and cling,--
[02:08.39]Then plucked a feather from the bearer's wing,
[02:19.83]And held it to his lips that stirred it not,
[02:41.57]And said to me, "Behold, there is no breath:
[02:59.07]I and this Love are one, and I am Death."