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The Alchemist's Petition

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Thou wilt not sentence to eternal life          My soul that prays that it may sleep and sleep          Like a white statue dropped into the deep,          Covered with sand, covered with chests of gold,          And slave-bones, tossed from many a pirate hold.          But for this prayer thou wilt not bind in Hell          My soul, that shook with love for Fame and Truth -          In such unquenched desires consumed his youth -          Let me turn dust, like dead leaves in the Fall,          Or wood that lights an hour your knightly hall -                     Amen.

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