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PHANTOM DUTY.
Slow-burning in the cavern's depth appearsThe Talismanic Lamp which rules the spheres
Of men and spirits. Safely he hath pass'd
Swords, flames, ghouls, dragons, demons; but at last
A Phantom, like his Mother, sadly stands
Full in the destined way, with warning hands.
He pauses, he forgets, he sinks, he sleeps:
And in Elysium his true Mother weeps.
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