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The Great Breath

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Its edges foamed with amethyst and rose,     Withers once more the old blue flower of day:     There where the ether like a diamond glows     Its petals fade away.     A shadowy tumult stirs the dusky air;     Sparkle the delicate dews, the distant snows;     The great deep thrills for through it everywhere     The breath of beauty blows.     I saw how all the trembling ages past,     Moulded to her by deep and deeper breath,     Neared to the hour when Beauty breathes her last     And knows herself in death.

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