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The Winged Beetle
The Winged Beetle (1910), PDF p. 234
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LINVITATION AU VOYAGE
Arabesque is the ceiling.
The mirrors ? revealing
An Orient shining in splendour
How it all whispers
The spirits vespers
In its speechslow, secret, and tender !
There, all is peace and ecstasy ;
Pleasure, calm, and luxury !
The canals ? See yonder
Ships (glad to wander)
Sleep sound with their wings close-furled !
It is to fulfil
Thy lightest will
That they come from the end of the world.
The sun as it falls
Clothes the fields, the canals,
The city itself in a robe
Of azure and gold
The warm light shall enfold
With slumber the passionate globe.
There, all is peace and ecstasy ;
Pleasure, calm, and luxury !
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