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ANIMULA VAGA
A spirit from the grave
Again I come,
E'en as I vanished, save
Disrobed and dumb.
Again I come,
E'en as I vanished, save
Disrobed and dumb.
No shadow as I pass—
However clear
The wave on mirroring glass—
Betrays me near;
However clear
The wave on mirroring glass—
Betrays me near;
Nor unto them that live
Forlorn of me,
A signal can I give
Of sympathy.
Forlorn of me,
A signal can I give
Of sympathy.
Ah, better 'twere to hide
Where none appear,
Than thus in death abide
To life so near!
Where none appear,
Than thus in death abide
To life so near!
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