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The Guest House

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What imps are these that come with scowl and leer?     Black motes upon the mornings amber beam,     They crowd and float about each happy dream     And blow upon pure joy the taint of fear.     Perforce those muttered hideous words we hear,     Yet bid our nobler nature rise supreme     And, sunlike, dry to naught th infernal steam     Till all our day is luminous and clear.     What cruel beasts find refuge in the soul     Amid the murky deep of sightless flame     Whose waves are flattend by a rain of blood!     Nay, but however pure the waters roll,     The offal thrown therein will rise and shame     Their glittering pride with bubbles from the mud.

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