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Then the second said to me:

"Thou hast come all sinlessly

Thro' life's sin-enveloped sea:

Know the things thou hast not seen:

Filling all the soul with sheen;

Meaning more than earth may mean:

X

"See!"--Her voice sang like a lyre,

Comprehending all desire

In its gamut's throbbing fire:--

And my inner eyelids,--which

Dimmed clairvoyance,--raised: and rich,

As one chord's vibrating pitch,

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