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XVIII
KALYPSO
Sorceress of his charmed captivity,Of all love's gifts she was munificent;
Yet was he unpersuaded to content
Incurious of love's warm felicity,
Fain of departure on the treacherous sea:
Heedless he was whether his life were spent
In shipwreck on the cruel element,
So he were homeward bound, so he were free!
And even as he adventured life and cast
Pleasure and passion from his home-sick heart,
Still, tho' in exile, mindful of his goal;
So, after long enslavements, we, at last
Reckless and undissuaded, shall depart,
Free and bound outward, homeward to the soul!
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