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Who can tell when sleep and waking meet to mingle,
Meet to mingle so that sleep's deft opiate wins?
Who can tell when waking pushes past the portals,
Past the portals whence its potency begins?
Just the moment for the breaking
Of the spell between our waking
And our sleep, who can tell?
Just the moment for the breaking of the firm yet fragile spell,
Who can tell?
Meet to mingle so that sleep's deft opiate wins?
Who can tell when waking pushes past the portals,
Past the portals whence its potency begins?
Just the moment for the breaking
Of the spell between our waking
And our sleep, who can tell?
Just the moment for the breaking of the firm yet fragile spell,
Who can tell?
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Who can tell when girl and woman meet to mingle,
Meet to mingle so that woman wins the day?
Who can tell when woman wanders past the portals,
Past the portals whence outsweeps her witching sway?
Just the moment for assuming
That the flower at last is blooming
From its bud, who can tell?
Just the moment that bids girlhood from its bondage first rebel,
Who can tell?
Meet to mingle so that woman wins the day?
Who can tell when woman wanders past the portals,
Past the portals whence outsweeps her witching sway?
Just the moment for assuming
That the flower at last is blooming
From its bud, who can tell?
Just the moment that bids girlhood from its bondage first rebel,
Who can tell?
Who can tell when love and languor meet to mingle,
Meet to mingle so that love may win the soul?
Who can tell when love goes proudly past the portals,
Past the portals whence its radiant realms outroll?
Just the moment of surrender
To that new large life of splendour
And surprise, who can tell?
Just the moment that would make of earth a heaven if it were hell,
Who can tell?
Meet to mingle so that love may win the soul?
Who can tell when love goes proudly past the portals,
Past the portals whence its radiant realms outroll?
Just the moment of surrender
To that new large life of splendour
And surprise, who can tell?
Just the moment that would make of earth a heaven if it were hell,
Who can tell?
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