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Semper Idem.

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1     Hold up thy head and crush         Thy heart's despair;     From thy wan temples brush         The tear-wet hair.     2     Look on me thus as I         Gaze upon thee;     Nor question how nor why         Such things can be.     3     Thou thought'st it love! - poor fool!         That which was lust!     Which made thee, beautiful,         Vile as the dust!     4     Thy flesh I craved, thy face! -         Love shrinks at this -     Now on thy lips to place         One farewell kiss! -     5     Weep not, but die! - 'tis given -         And so - farewell! -     Die! - that which makes death heaven,         Makes life a hell.

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