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Marah

By Owen Meredith [i.e. E. R. B. Lytton]: 2nd ed.

Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

MARAH

PROLOGUE

II.

III.

III

IV.

[I have search'd the universe, beneath, above]

DIMINUENDO

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DIMINUENDO

1

Tired of the sun, and all it shines on; tired
Of life's bright baubles toss'd from hand to hand;
Tired of false joys that are but pains desired;
I seek a land

2

Where sunlight looks like moonlight, and the days
Like evenings, and things present like things past,
And near things like things distant, thro' the haze
Round all things cast.

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3

There, in a life no more than half alive,
Let all my waking hours be half asleep,
And sleep's self dreamless of whate'er men strive
To gain or keep!