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Snow And Fire

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Deep-hearted roses of the purple dusk     And lilies of the morn;     And cactus, holding up a slender tusk     Of fragrance on a thorn;     All heavy flowers, sultry with their musk,     Her presence puts to scorn.     For she is like the pale, pale snowdrop there,     Scentless and chaste of heart;     The moonflower, making spiritual the air,     Like some pure work of art;     Divine and holy, exquisitely fair,     And virtue's counterpart.     Yet when her eyes gaze into mine, and when     Her lips to mine are pressed,--     Why are my veins all fire then? and then     Why should her soul suggest     Voluptuous perfumes, maddening unto men,     And prurient with unrest?

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