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Epilogue

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There is a world Life dreams of, long since lost:     Invisible save only to the heart:     That spreads its cloudy islands, without chart,     Above the Earth,'mid oceans none has crossed:     Far Faerylands, that have become a part     Of mortal longings; that, through difficult art,     Man strives to realize to the uttermost.     Could we attain that Land of Farie     Here in the flesh, what starry certitudes     Of loveliness were ours! what mastery     Of beauty and the dream that still eludes!     What clearer vision! Ours were then the key     To Mystery, that Nature jealously     Locks in her heart of hearts among the woods.

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