Poems by Francis Thompson
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But you, should that be so,
May very well, I know, May well To me in hell With recognising eyes Look from your Paradise - "God bless Thy hopelessness!" Call, holy soul, O call The hosts angelical, And say, - "See, far away "Lies one I saw on earth; One stricken from his birth With curse Of destinate verse. "What place doth He ye serve For such sad spirit reserve, - Given, In dark lieu of Heaven, "The impitiable Daemon, Beauty, to adore and dream on, To be Perpetually |
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