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XIX. THE INEVITABLE END
On one side youth and beauty infinite
And on the other weariness extreme
Of life and life's long spirit-torturing dream
And of the vain wild search for vain delight.
On one side eyes the sun's own glance made bright
But on the other eyes through which there gleam
The eyes of sorrows numberless,—no beam
Of sun being there by day, nor moon by night.
And on the other weariness extreme
Of life and life's long spirit-torturing dream
And of the vain wild search for vain delight.
On one side eyes the sun's own glance made bright
But on the other eyes through which there gleam
The eyes of sorrows numberless,—no beam
Of sun being there by day, nor moon by night.
When this is so, could any end but one
Be reached,—could either flee the certain goal,
This—that the weary night should love the sun;
That all my heart should by thy glance be won;
That I should love thee, spirit calm and white,
With all the stormy dark strength of my soul?
Be reached,—could either flee the certain goal,
This—that the weary night should love the sun;
That all my heart should by thy glance be won;
That I should love thee, spirit calm and white,
With all the stormy dark strength of my soul?
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