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Time, Real and Imaginary

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An Allegory     On the wide level of a mountain's head,     (I knew not where, but 'twas some faery place)     Their pinions, ostrich-like, for sails outspread,     Two lovely children run an endless race,     A sister and a brother!     This far outstripped the other;     Yet ever runs she with reverted face,     And looks and listens for the boy behind:     For he, alas! is blind!     O'er rough and smooth with even step he passed,     And knows not whether he be first or last.

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